Reporter: HELLO, AND
WELCOME TO MERCEDES BENZ
SUPER DOME HERE IN NEW
ORLEANS FOR THE COVERAGE OF
SUPER BOWL XLVII, WHERE THE
BALTIMORE RAVENS AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO 49ers WILL
BATTLE IT OUT.
NOW THEY'RE HERE HUNGRY FOR
A SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
WING FOR THE 49ers WOULD
MEAN THEIR SIXTH SUPER BOWL
CHAMPIONSHIP, AND FOR THE
RAVENS, THEIR SECOND.
PLAYERS FROM BOTH TEAMS
UNDERSTAND, YES, THEY MAY BE
HUNGRY, BUT THERE IS A VOID
THAT CAN'T BE FILLED JUST BY
SIMPLY WINNING A SUPER
BOWL.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES
OF THE SEASON IS HOW COLIN
KAEPERNICK WON THE STARTING
JOB AFTER ALEX SMITH FELL TO
INJURY.
HE LITERALLY WEARS HIS
CHRISTIAN FAITH ON HIS
ARMS.
ON HIS RIGHT BICEP, HE HAS
THE WORD "FAITH."
HE SAYS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS
THE TRUE SOURCE OF HIS
POWER.
HE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ON
LEAN ON.
MY FAITH IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT HAS KEPT MY FEET
PLANTED ON THE GROUND.
Reporter: VERNON DAVIS
AND PATRICK WILLIS ARE AMONG
THE TOP PLAYERS AT THEIR
POSITIONS, AND THEY SAY THEY
GIVE GOD ALL OF THE CREDIT
FOR THEIR SUCCESS, AND SAY
WHILE WINNING THE SUPER BOWL
WOULD BE GREAT, WHATEVER
HAPPENS OUT ON THE FIELD,
HONORING GOD IS MOST
IMPORTANCE.
I GIVE GOD ALL OF THE
GLORY.
EVERYTHING WE DREAMED OF AND
PRAYED ABOUT, I MEAN IT'S
HAPPENING NOW.
I'M VERY THANKFUL, AND I
CONSIDER THIS AS A BLESSING
TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT EVERY YEAR
THAT THE 49ers WAKE UP AND
THEY'RE IN THE SUPER BOWL.
IT IS TRULY GOOD.
I SAY ABOUT 10 PRAYERS A
GAME.
I WILL ALWAYS END IT WITH,
AND I ALWAYS SAY, LORD, LET
YOUR WILL BE DONE TODAY.
AND WOOFERS WHAT HAPPENS,
WHEN THE GAME IS OVER, I
KNOW IN MY HEART I GIVE YOU
MY ALL.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, IF WE
LOSE, I STILL DON'T SLEEP
LIKE I WANT TO, BUT I DON'T
LET IT GET ME THE WAY I USED
TO.
BECAUSE I PRAYED AND HIS
WILL WILL BE DONE.
Reporter: DAVID IS ONE
OF THE LONGEST PLAYERS ON
THE TEAM.
THIS SEASON HAS BEEN A
STRUGGLE DUE TO INJURIES.
BUT HE REMEMBERS THAT
REGARDLESS OF THE
SITUATIONS, GOD ALWAYS HAS A
PLAN.
I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL HERE
FOR A PURPOSE, AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PURPOSE
IS.
AS LONG AS YOU LOVE GOD, YOU
KNOW HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOU,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP
WORKING IN THE SITUATION
YOU'RE IN.
THE BIGGEST THING I TRY
TO DO IS GIVE EVERYTHING TO
GOD.
MY STRESSES, EVERYTHING.
GO OUT AND LIVE FOR HIM, AND
IT WILL WORK OUT.
THIS IS FUN, THIS IS A GAME,
BUT IN THE END, I'M NOT
GOING TO HAVE THIS WHEN I
DIE.
AND THE BIGGEST THING IS
BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GO
BE WITH HIM ONE DAY AND HANG
OUT WITH HIM.
THERE COULD BE A SUPER BOWL
UP THERE.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
Reporter: FANS
RECOGNIZE THE BALTIMORE
RAVENS AS ONE OF THE MOST
FEARED TEAMS IN THE AFC.
BUT WHAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED
IS MANY OF THE PLAYERS SHARE
A COMMON BROTHERHOOD THAT IS
BIGGER THAN THE GAME.
JUST ASK JOHN HARBAUGH.
HE IS GOING TO PUT IN
STRONG, FAITHFUL MEN.
RIGHT HERE IS OUR PASTOR.
I THINK OUR GUYS DRAW
STRENGTH FROM THAT.
THAT'S MY LORD AND
SAVIOR.
WITHOUT HIM, I'M NOTHING.
Reporter: TERRELL SUGGS
IS ONE OF THE PLAYERS FOR
THE RAVENS DEFENSE, BUT HE
HAD TO SIT OUT BECAUSE OF
MEDICAL INJURIES.
AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE
WOULD MAKE IT BACK DURING
THE SEASON, BUT HE SAYS GOD
WORKED A MIRACLE.
FOR MY INJURY, THEY TOLD
ME NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR.
AND I CAME BACK IN FIVE AND
A HALF MONTHS.
AND WE DID IT WITH A LOT OF
PRAYER.
PEOPLE ASKED, HOW DID YOU
COME BACK SO FAST?
I HONESTLY TELL THEM,
PRAYER.
NO ONE SEES RESULTS WITHOUT
FAITH.
SO YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN
HIS WORDS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE I SAID, I NEEDED A
MIRACLE, AND FROM MY
KNOWLEDGE, 30 YEARS ON THIS
EARTH, THERE IS ONLY ONE
PERSON IN THE MIRACLE
BUSINESS, AND THAT'S JESUS
CHRIST.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE
BOOK "THE BLIND SIDE," AND
NOW HE IS IN HIS FIRST SUPER
BOWL, AND HE GIVES ALL OF
THE GLORY TO GOD.
IT IS AMAZING JUST TO
KNOW WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS
I GREW UP IN, AND KNOWING
WHERE I WAS 10, 15 YEARS
AGO.
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
GET TO A PLACE LIKE THIS,
LET ALONE HAVE FAITH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
GIVE ALL THANKS TO HIM.
Reporter: THE BIGGEST
STORY AT THIS YEAR'S SUPER
BOWL IS THAT OF RAY LEWIS,
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT AT
THE END OF THE SEASON, HE
WAS GOING TO RETIRE.
NOW, RAY ALREADY HAS ONE
CHAMPIONSHIP RING, AND HE
UNDERSTANDS THAT WHILE
WINNING THE SECOND RING IS A
MAJOR GOAL, THERE IS ONE
GOAL THAT SURPASSES ALL OF
THE REST.
RINGS FADE, THEY
TARNISH.
UT FAITH I HAVE WILL NEVER
DIE.
