You Can't Be in Control and at Peace - Tony Boselli, Pastor Joby Martin & Denny Thompson

You Can't Be in Control and at Peace - Tony Boselli, Pastor Joby Martin & Denny Thompson

From Built 4 More by Denny Thompson and Joby Martin

July 21, 2026 · 1h 56m · Season 1 · Episode 67

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Tony Boselli discusses his journey of identity and faith after a career-ending injury.

Pastor Joby Martin and Denny Thompson sit down with Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Boselli on this week's episode of Built 4 More. Tony was one of the most dominant left tackles to ever play the game. The first draft pick in Jacksonville Jaguars history, the best in the world at what he did. Then, at thirty years old and at the top of his game, a shoulder injury ended all of it. In an instant, the one thing he was great at was gone, and Tony was left away from everyone he knew, depressed, angry at God, and asking the question that leveled him: who am I without football? Tony shares what those years actually did to him. Being told his shoulder would never work again at the peak of his career. Lying in bed as a grown man wondering where God's protection went. The morning he realized four little kids and a wife were watching to see what kind of man he would be. And the thought that finally broke it open, if God had told him at eighteen that he would get USC, the NFL, a Hall of Fame career, and then have it all taken at thirty, would he still have said yes? Joby, Denny, and Tony talk about identity, the battle with control, why success never actually tells you who you are, learning…

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Hosts: Joby Martin, Denny Thompson

Guest: Tony Boselli

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