NASHVILLE PREDATORS
FORWARD MIKE FISHER HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE PLAYERS IN THE
NHL.
ALSO KNOWN AS FISH, THE
HUSBAND OF CARRIE UNDERWOOD,
MADE HIS DEBATE ON THE ICE.
I GOT MADE FUN OF WHEN I
WAS A KID.
I CAN REMEMBER COUNTLESS
TIMES OF A FEW TIMES MISSING
PRACTICES, WHATEVER, TO GO
TO CHURCH.
SPECIAL AT A YOUNG AGE.
AND KIDS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
THAT.
AND THEY WOULD THROW THE
BIBLE-BASHER JOKES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
Reporter: MIKE GREW UP
IN A CHRISTIAN HOME IN
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO.
I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY
AND HEARING THE MESSAGE OF
CHRIST AND WANTING TO EXCEPT
HIM AS MY SAVIOR.
I REMEMBER GOING TO MY BED
AND KNEELING DOWN WITH MY
MOM AND SHE LED ME TO PRAYER
AND LED ME TO THE LORD.
Reporter: MIKE STARTED
PLAYING HOCKEY COMPETITIVELY
WHEN HE WAS SEVEN.
AND AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED
THE ICE, HE FELT THAT HE HAD
SOMETHING TO PROVE.
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE OTHERS
THOUGHT SINCE HE IS A CHURCH
BOY, HE COULDN'T PLAY HARD.
I WANTED TO PROVE PEOPLE
THAT EVEN THOUGH I WAS A
CHRISTIAN, I COULD PLAY LIKE
CHRISTIAN.
Reporter: MIKE
DEVELOPED INTO A STELLER
ATHLETE.
AND AT THE AGE OF 18, HE WAS
DRAFTED BY THE SENATORS.
BUT IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO
KEEP HIS PRIORITIES IN
ORDER.
I KIND OF BECAME -- I WAS
STILL A CHRISTIAN, BUT I
WASN'T REALLY WHERE I NEEDED
TO BE.
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, I GOT
TOO YOU FOCUSED ON HOCKEY.
THAT KIND OF LED ME ASTRAY A
LITTLE BIT.
Reporter: MIKE'S CAREER
SOARED, BUT HE REALIZED HE
NEEDED TO REFOCUS ON HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
CHRIST.
I WAS ABOUT 22, WHEN I
GOT SETTLED IN OTTAWA.
I SAID, I NEED TO START
FOCUSING.
GOD HAS GIVEN ME THIS UNIQUE
GIFT.
I'M LIVING A DREAM HERE.
I NEED TO START FOCUSING ON
HIM AND SHARING THOSE GIFTS
WITH OTHERS.
Reporter: MIKE HAD 12
SEASONS WITH THE SENATORS.
THEN IN 2011, HE WAS TRADED
TO NASHVILLE.
JUST BEFORE HE LEFT OTTAWA,
HE MADE ONE MORE COMMITMENT
WITH HIS MARRIAGE TO
CARRIE.
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO,
YOU LET JESUS TAKE OVER THE
WHEEL.
HOW HAS YOUR FAITH HELPED
YOU STAY PLANTED AND KEEP
YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND?
IT HAS BEEN HUGE BECAUSE
THERE ARE DIFFERENT
PRESSURES WITH THE MEDIA.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS A
LITTLE BIT IN THE
SPOTLIGHT.
PUTTING THAT INTO
PERSPECTIVE, AND TRYING TO
WORK ON OUR RELATIONSHIP,
AND KEEPING EVERYTHING
OUTSIDE, AND KEEPING THE
LORD IN THE CENTER OF IT.
THE COUPLE THAT PRAYS
TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER.
I LOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS
SO TRUE.
Reporter: MIKE
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A
BEACON OF LIGHT IN A GAME
THAT SOMETIMES CAN HAVE A
GRITTY STYLE OF PLAY THAT
MIKE BRING TO THE ICE EVERY
DAY.
IN HIS NEW BOOK "DEFENDER OF
FAITH," HE WANTS TO
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO BE BOLD
ABOUT THEIR FAITH, WHEREVER
GOD LEADS THEM.
I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO
STAND UP AND BE PROUD OF
THEIR FAITH, AND NOT BE
SCARED OF IT.
IT IS SOMETHING TO BE
DEFINITELY PROUD OF IT, AND
BE ABLE TO SHARE IT.
WHATEVER GOD'S GIFT IS TO
YOU, GO AFTER IT.
PUT THE LORD AT THE CENTER
OF IT, AND THERE IS NO WAY
TO PEACE AND HAPPINESS LIKE
THE LORD CAN BRING.
IT IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS
FREE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND
EARN IT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
