Legacy

I'm reading Tony Dungy's book Uncommon and came across a section in the book talking about Legacy. So it made me wonder, " What do I want my legacy to be". Legacy to a lot of people is what you leave behind for everyone to remember you by. We all have a different view on what kind of legacy we want to leave. Some businessman want to be known by their numbers and percentages of growth that they helped their company maintain. Pro athletes and a lot of people in my profession get asked this question a lot and most of the answers are the same, "I want to be considered one of the best ever to play my sport" . Now as a competitor sure that is a great answer and that is something we all strive for in our profession. But there is so much more out there for us than the lasting legacy of being a "great" athlete. For me, I want to be known for more than just a good or great basketball player. I want to be known as a godly, honest, hardworking, and family man that I believe that I am. I would like my legacy to be much more than, "Oh yeah Mike Singletary was a stand out basketball player." I want people to say Mike Singletary was/ is a man of God who always exuded positivity and was willing to help others in any way possible. I mean that is what we were put on this Earth for right, to be servants and to love each other even in our faults. To pick each other up when we are down and feel like we can't seem to get up. I know that I want to be that person lending out that hand to help those people get back on their feet and point them in the right direction. There's so much more to being a professional athlete because your playing career only lasts for a short period of time. So with my time of being a professional athlete dwindling down as we speak, I want to continue to use this platform that God has placed me on to do great things. To encourage, to inspire, and to help anyone out there who is searching for which way to go and how to get there. So I guess the real question that we should all be thinking about is, "What legacy will I leave". What legacy will you leave for everyone to remember you by?