The first international guest for “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast.

In this week’s episode, I sit down and speak with Paul Cartwright, who is the president and founder of Sports Celebrity Marketing (S.C.M. Inc.), which is a full service sports marketing company located in Ontario, Canada specializing in facilitating personal appearances, keynote speeches, endorsements, fundraisers, marketing, PR and event planning.

Paul is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University’s highly regarded business program and spent many years in sales & marketing in the consumer packaged goods industry.  He has been interviewed for his opinions on various sports events by many leading news publications and media outlets across North America and is often requested to share his inspiring story to school groups and other organizations.

Paul is also a newly published contributor of the book, “A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up” with author and former NFL player, Steven Johnson Jr.  A Walk in Our Cleats is an exciting, inside look at 25 notable NFL players and their faith journeys. Each player has faced unique circumstances in staying fit, pursuing their dreams, and getting to play in the NFL, but all have one thing in common: the power of Jesus Christ in their lives.

Paul is a Board Member of the Fergie Jenkins Foundation having previously served on the Board of Directors of the Tony Fernandez Foundation.

When I was still with the BIG Vision Foundation, we used Sports Celebrity Marketing to book several of our banquet guest speakers over the years including Al Oliver, Bernie Carbo, Bill “Spaceman” Lee, Ozzie Virgil, Sean Gibson, and Ron LeFlore to name a few.  S.C.M. uses the mantra of, “Do right by people.”

During the conversation, in addition to the book, we talk about how Paul came to start his business, the influence that some of his players have had on him over the years, his faith, his mixed race marriage, and his feelings on the current racial tensions in our society.

Both video and audio links are available below.