Thunderbird Theme of the Week...Featuring Larry Fitzgerald

Wednesday May 29, 2024 - 11:30 a.m. | Dylan DeVlieger

Larry Fitzgerald, also known as "Larry Legend," is a staple in the Arizona sports community, and is highly regarded as one of the best NFL wide receivers of all time.

Fitzgerald was drafted 3rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2004 NFL draft. Over his 17 season professional career Fitzgerald would collect 11 Pro Bowl nods, 17,492 yards (2nd most all time), 1,432 (2nd most all time), & 121 touchdowns (6th all time).

The Cardinals legend won the 2016 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, and would help lead the Cardinals to a Super Bowl appearance in 2009 and nearly carried his team over the finish line.

Fitzgerald, as many people went through tough times in life especially as a young child when his father lost his job and as he grew into a man like when he lost his mother to breast cancer. 

Fitzgerald credits his ability to keep moving forward through the power of faith. For Fitz faith can be inferred to a higher power. Faith does not have to only refer to a higher religious power, faith can be attributed to you as a person or the team around you. 

Even when things might be falling apart around you and the lights are moments from being shut off, the power of faith can guide you through the storm.

Click here to view a speech Fitzgerald gave at the Sedona Forum in 2015.