Pete Maravich Testimony 1987 (Billy Graham Crusade)

Special thanks to the Maravich Family and John Lotz.
Brought to you by the book:
Pete Maravich - The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete
www.MaravichBook.com
This video was shot just eight months before Pete Maravich's untimely death.

[@irvinetustin]

This video was filmed on April 28, 1987 and Pete died on January 5, 1988. Thanks for posting this because through this video we get to see where Pete stood spiritually at the end of his life.

[@chrisarch4758]

This video is very important to me. My father gave his life to Christ that night in Columbia. He went because Pistol Pete was going to speak. It's been almost 40 years since that night, and this is the first time I have heard his testimony from that night. Thank you for posting this!

[@Den-pr6fl]

Every time I listen to this, I cry. Not out of sadness, but of pure joy. To see someone hurt so much and then accept Christ and do away with pride once and for all. I love his testimony.

[@Cesar-pq2ck]

He went from a basketball hero to a hero of the faith.

[@rodbrock4759]

Amen

[@Headswithsacks]

Only somebody with the Spirit of God in him speaks the way Pete did here. He was and is living testimony to the Power that comes through Faith in Jesus who is the Christ. Praise God in heaven for what He has done. I love how Pete is quoted as saying, "I want to be remembered as a Christian, a person that serves Him to the utmost, not as a basketball player." Amen and amen!

[@sherwood5030left6]

I find peace when I listen to him.

[@ericgordon8794]

"Collecting dust,because that's what trophies do." Well said. Thanks pistol.

[@Netriderceo]

I was there to see him give his testimony at Duke University in 1986. I feel so fortunate to have seen him before he died.

[@hopegaming867]

Netriderceo We all will meet him and talk to him in eternal Peace in heaven

[@carolinecorman1716]

He was such a special talented man. I was so sad when he died. Larry King said Pete was the real deal as a Christian. He speaks from his heart.

[@CromTM]

just finished reading the "Pete Maravich - The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete" book. i never saw him play live but thanks to the NBA archives, his greatness as a basketball player but i admire him more now because of his faith in Jesus Christ! All glory to God!

[@zaggers77]

I agree. Be blessed, remember press forward toward the goal.

[@johnhaggerty1907]

He was not only a great player but a truly religious man and a rest speaker who had so much faith in God.God is with you Pete you are probably playing a choose up game with The almighty.

[@kingjames4053]

I'm 21 years old. I used to hate religion and God. In my country, believing in God is seen as something bad. But ever since I found the Lord about 2 years ago my life is so much better. Just like Pete, it was at night laying in bed. Religion misunderstood is awful but like Maravich said, "there's nothing like the joy of Jesus Christ in your life"

[@bucketmouth7667]

Remember, he also said (and accurately so) that religion put Jesus on that cross. It's not religion, my friend, but a personal relationship with God the Father, through Jesus Christ, by His grace, through our faith in what He did for us on that cross.

[@888isthetruth7]

Christianity being a religion is a lie from the devil. It's not religion. No where in the Bible does it say it is. It's the truth. It's a spiritual thing. It's a relationship with God. Christian means a follower of Christ. There are plenty of fake Christian's who are religious though. They have made false doctrines and religion out of the things of God just like the Pharisees. But in essence Christianity is not religion. I also hate religion. But the devil has confused people to make them think Christianity is one, with all the fake Christian's he's produced.

[@888isthetruth7]

@Nelson's Rudolph that's the only time religion is used in a good way and it says that perfect religion is taking care of orphans and widows and staying unspotted from the world. But it never says Christianity is a religion in the Bible. And the term Christian means a follower of Christ. Many people that call themselves a Christian do not follow Christ so they aren't really a Christian.

[@jonny15dk]

Roger is wrong. Islam has killed the most people. Catholicism is 2nd (Catholicism pretends to be part of Christianity) Christianity has the most imitators. Mormonism and its over 12 sects. Jehovah Witnesses, Catholicism, Unverislists, Unitarians and more. Logic says you don't fake a fake. Counterfeiters don't make monopoly money. They fake real money.

[@gleanerman2195]

Christianity is nothing but cancer to the human rave.

[@uncommonsense5876]

Pete Maravich has here before us a powerful testimony. God bless him.

[@ratso4443]

Wow, awesome testimony. So glad to know Pete Maravich died a saved man. Hallelujah!

[@KalteneckerProductions]

This video here could of just changed my life. I have never been more inspired and overall happy to know that my number one role model had the grace of God come over him in the most troubling times. I love you God.

[@andrewtrojack2796]

GeorgeTheWalrus True

[@jordanw1649]

Very encouraging brother. Jesus is SO patient with us. He could have let us die in our sin and unbelief. Praise God for His Mercy and how He loves us in spite of our sin

[@thomasgerardhulse]

"And I went back out in the wilderness" possibly the greatest and most true words ever spoken.

[@geovasic]

Fantastic testimony. One day when I close my eyes for the last time, I pray that the Lord have mercy on my soul and accept me into the kingdom of heaven. Pistol Pete was one of the best ever at the game of basketball.

[@BranlandadventuresGaming]

I'm glad I found this.

[@otherworld11]

So glad that Pistol found Jesus before the end.

[@cfrank777]

Jeff Criswell amen!

[@cfrank777]

Stephen Forfer awesome!!

[@chikkipop]

@Stephen Forfer Nonsense. Both your basketball analysis and your superstitious beliefs. Very sad.

[@otherworld11]

@@gleanerman2195 We are New Testament people who believe in Jesus. He is the way, the truth and the life. If you want REAL LIFE, Jesus is the only way to it.

[@gleanerman2195]

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[@davidw.dudley5619]

Straight from the heart.

[@walkerfancn]

Inspirational. That brought tears to my eyes. The Pistol is not just my hero as a basketball player, he also is my hero as a true person who found what we all should strive for, Jesus.

[@kenhall5279]

Inspirational! Wonderful that he found Christ before his untimely death.

[@Ekklesiajourney]

Praise God for the redemption that is in Christ Jesus the Lord!! Blessed redeemer!!

[@joseperez1085]

RIP. PISTOL PETE, YOUR HOME NOW, CHRIST IS KING.

[@denisfoil2181]

amen brother. Can't wait to meet you.

[@pennyf6392]

Thrilled to hear his testimony. My faith grew in the listening!

[@Andrewaspereira]

Amen

[@RA-pb4gl]

Our Brother Pete is home now with our Lord.

[@geraldwitt4665]

The best ever, with an even better testimony!

[@aran125]

This is great, thank you for posting.

[@siljoable]

My favourite basketball player...great speech..

[@lcr1955]

Thanks Pete for your testimony!

[@d4seasons]

it's always good to look for the lord for help. if i find him , i will say thank you.

[@wheelinthesky300]

A celebrity who actually thinks there is something out there greater than himself? Somebody, tell the Kardashians.

[@ArizonaStateAlumnus]

God bless you pistol!

[@philiptucci2458]

I love Pete, followed him his entire college and professional career, I'm so happy he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour

[@thomasspillane3112]

Amen

[@BossMode96]

Beautiful.

[@gumballrally427]

Best speech .... ever!!!! From the heart.

[@bloodletter3400]

Rest in Peace Pistol Pete I will forever look at this and remember this

[@carolinecorman1716]

Pete was interviewed by Larry King and gave Larry a beautiful Bible. He gave a testimony and talked from his heart. Later, Larry said that Pete was the real deal. He respected Pete, not a phony.

[@niceguymgtowslingin917]

A real man of God ... wow ... incredible testimony

[@stephenboroody3049]

It’s a shame in this world today more people don’t feel like this and can say this. He was a great player and great inspiration to others.

[@mteer262]

...What a great testimony from one of my childhood hero's.

[@2dasimmons]

Good for you Pete Maravich! RIP, you and your dad. Shalom.

[@jerryscrappielife]

Praise God for putting such fine examples of turned around lives for us to view.... Praise God for all thing!!!

[@clydeb7713]

I cried watching this. You think famous rich people are happy.

[@chiefz4life]

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[@Dan_the_Great_]

And sad thing is that a lot of these rich folks give their souls away. This man did the right thing

[@zimmy2525]

Thank you for posting

[@bibletruthfortodayfrompbc6167]

Appreciate you posting this. God is good!

[@stojangajicki8416]

Thank you Lord Jesus, that this exceptional player found you!

[@newcod69]

a man of passion.

[@dannymarshburn2807]

I needed this.

[@andrewison2194]

One of the most powerful testimonies I've heard. Never heard of an athlete who was truly the best of his day and won all the trophies and get the highest contract of his time in sports, and admit to rejecting Jesus many times, to turn around say how it all left him empty and God visited him in his room and changed everything. And then stand on a Billy Graham Crusade platform and say that I wouldn't trade a thousand championships or Hall of fame rings for The Glory of Jesus Christ in my life. Well said Pete, to God alone be the Glory for the grace by which He saved you!

[@lancehamberger1570]

I think that is the most wonderful and inspirational testimony for Christ's saving power I've ever heard! Miss him and Billy Graham. But we still have God's Word!

[@pm4Hisglory]

Amazing testimony, praise to God alone. I hope to glorify Christ in my life & how I play basketball this season

[@johnnycool1744]

Pete was very influential when I was 11/ 12 years old in one way and is very inspirational still now that I am 64 years old. In this time of coronavirus 19 many people are digging deep for meanings to alot of things. I know I am as I am dealing with physical and mental health issues. RIP Pete and Dear Lord please give me strength. God help us all! 🙏🏀 Sincerely Jeff Marvel

[@thebarber2009]

Johnny Cool turn to Jesus please

[@jdbmcdermet]

this is an amazing testimony!

[@steventesta6782]

RIP Pete one of the best there ever was.

[@CMRinehart]

Very powerful talk. And from the heart.

[@brettwright883]

Thanks Pete!

[@michaelneuman1931]

Powerful..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....Praise you,God..!

[@sherwood5030left6]

Trade money for time not time for money.yourvgoing

[@millergcwc]

An amazing man and what an amazing story and heaven called him home shortly after this video!! God Bless Pete and us all!

[@paulleslie5855]

I never new this bloke until tonight and I am not particularly a basketball fan. What I can say is he has inspired me and I know that Jesus Christ who I have been talking with so much of late had me listen to Mr Pistol Pete. After first watching his NBA achievements and various interviews I was knocked over by this amazing speech which was screaming out to me. There is some Pistol Pete in all of us who search for meaning. A thousand MBA rings and hall of fame awards can never be swapped for a chance to walk with Christ. I am hearing you Pete god bless thank you for reinforcing what I know and fail to practice and rest you soul.

[@ABC-je1vi]

rip Pete 🙏

[@jimmyqjones7122]

Pete said he never believed in anything ,, except for the GAME ,.. for the longest time,..he practiced wacky meditations , yoga,..but then he found CHRIST ,... AND at the very end,, "after" his amazing basketball days were gone,.. 'THATS" THE REAL VICTORY !!

[@tmh1717]

hes in heaven for sure!

[@mraztheophil]

God Bless PEte Maravich: I can't wait to meet him in heaven!

[@jimmorrison5004]

Pistol Pete was truly a legend.

[@jamesharvey6956]

I was Blessed to see the Pistol play at the agg pavillion at LSU .He is the best I've ever seen. The passes he could make Are legendary sloppy socks and Flying hair.His college scoring will never be topped & there was no 3 pt. Shoot. Bless you Mister Pete Marivich for spreading the word of Christ from your Heart and Soul. Thank you for being such an inspiration to us all. 🙏

[@ghostblade2154]

Wow, to think Maravich found Christ soon before his death. He dodged a bullet because he died one year later at the age of 40. Maybe he sensed the end was near and turned to the Lord. I am having the same sense where I feel the end may be near and I'm a born again Christian.

[@GodsView1]

GhostBlade God bless you am moved

[@jabo6479]

I can't wait to talk hoops with THE PISTOL in eternity.

[@holylandfan3275]

I guess you didn't understand his message. He was tired of talking about hoops, he wanted to talk about Jesus. Heaven doesn't have basketball, those that enter will be praising The King of Kings for eternity and thankful they can.

[@tdvcleve]

I never knew about Pete's faith. Wow! And Wow!👍

[@thebarber2009]

tdvcleve Jesus is real

[@tdvcleve]

The Barber Absolutely Jesus is real!

[@thebarber2009]

tdvcleve dude imagine it were gonna be living for eternity!!!

[@dannymarshburn2807]

Amen

[@MrPiraka123]

Thank you!

[@lukemartin7029]

Amen Pete, see you in heaven!

[@jimmyqjones7122]

And Kobe too !~!!!!

[@ronbo30]

Wow great testimony!

[@jonathanshepherd6084]

amen pistol pete

[@rikdabrik]

awesome testimony, GOD bless!

[@ramgarr]

WOW, Thanks I'm glad the Pistol was finally at peace.

[@Oldskool1025]

Wow!!

[@1234ballinin]

Amazing Testimony this video helped me in my life a lot.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Great Speech!!!!

[@hoss73ford]

Live life to the fullest and don't let a day go wasted. Pete had no way of knowing that he had less than a year to live and neither do we.

[@lancehood9241]

Awsome

[@ajmoise1364]

Now this, THIS is what a Christian athlete TRULY looks like. People said even as big of a player as he was, from then on, all he would talk about is Jesus Christ. HALLELUJAH!!!

[@jerrybrooks4717]

Pete was the greatest basketball player of all time bar none great testimony About our saviour Jesus Christ can you imagine if he played today palming the ball it would be something

[@michaelnewzealand1888]

Wow what a great testimony. One of the greatest natural basketballers ever and only when he found Christ did he find real success!

[@joenelson5819]

Amen!!!

[@Braydog101]

''All awards pale in comparison to the glory of Christ'' PREACH

[@charlesmontano4870]

Pete maravich said Jesus spoke to him audibly . rise they own heart. Pete knew he was going soon and he wanted to help the rest of us realize that this life is temporary . that our future is in the next life our perminant home. We are all going to die and that we will be judged. That if we are not close to Christ and not strive to be like Christ, than we have not learned our reason for being here in this short life. For God is love. Pete put Christ ahead of anything.

[@fenderguitars6050]

Pete played on just one artery ,..a whole amazing NBA career ,.. The Lord sustained this genius just long enough ,..to teach us all,..that being the Greatest just means choosing Christ,..not being the Greatest at things,..

[@jimmyqjones7122]

there are those classy Christians like Kobe who never mention their faith ,..or Gretzky ,..but Pete "Had to" ,.The Lord "Knew" his time was coming soon,.. the way he died with that weird heart thing,..they only discovered later at the autopsy ,.. Pete changed many of us out here !!!

[@JeromeNeal1]

Just dialed the number on my cell...The call couldn't be processed, but God knows I want my Life in order.

[@DobricaJM]

He is the best Serbian player of all times! Greetings to his sons and his family. They should be proud of their Serbian origin.

[@nemanjavukovic6857]

No one says for Jordan best African player of all times, or Larry Bird best British player of all times. Pete Maravich was born and raised in USA, played whole carrier there, was baptised at Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta and died in USA. He is american. Nothing Serbian about him - only the origins (like Jordan's are in Africa and Bird's in UK).

[@draksson]

@@nemanjavukovic6857 rodjen u americi, ali deda i baba su mu bili Srbi iz Like.

[@nemanjavukovic6857]

@@draksson trumpov djed je iz njemacke. jel ga to cini njemcem? da li velika britanija treba da svojata sve ljude po americi, kanadi ili australiji samo zato sto su im preci iz britanije? pit maravic ima srpsko prezime, tj. korijeni su srpski. nije znao srpski jezik, vjeru, kulturu, istoriju - bilo sta vezano za srbe. on je jednostavno amerikanac sa evropskim, tj. srpskim korijenima.

[@tkeforever4809]

Wow! Just simply Wow! I had no clue!

[@switchhitter08]

Amen!

[@michaelshirk8968]

This is a beautiful arrangement! Was this just improvised, or did you memorise it from sheet music?

[@johnj5726]

See the change? When he was little both him and his dad worship basketball as their god. They both turned the passion for basketball to the love and ever lasting life of Jesus Christ. All glory and power is yours now and forever.

[@joelrossell5124]

A real man

[@Philippe1613]

RIP Pistol

[@ExodusPessoa]

And now Rest in Peace Billy Graham :) :) :).

[@carolinecorman1716]

He was the real deal.

[@slatt33]

Wow !

[@justanotherday1205]

a true warrior

[@Penaflame]

This was an awesome video. I wish more Sports Players would confess their faith before their big following.

[@tommy2chips]

That is a big testimony. I am saving this.

[@rickjudgejr1435]

Pete you were a gift from the angels. RIP Pete I hope your doing what you want

[@depaola63]

WOW !

[@d4seasons]

truly touching. gone too soon./****