Darvin Ham, the new head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, believes God is the \u201cmaster of all plans,\u201d openly sharing his Christian faith Monday during his first press conference.<\/p>\n
After general manager Rob Pelinka excitedly introduced Ham, 48, the newly-minted coach made first things first and immediately thanked the Lord before saying anything else.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, I want to thank God. Coming from where I come from, I was raised in a household with strong, spiritual faith, belief in God and His Son Jesus Christ, so I want to start with that,\u201d Ham\u00a0said. \u201cEverything I\u2019ve been able to overcome in my life, along with the people around me, it\u2019s been that spirit that was instilled in me as a youngster.\u201d<\/p>\n
The coach also shared his belief in the power of God\u2019s timing and said he knows the Lord has him exactly where He wants him. In fact, Ham even jokingly thanked the teams that passed on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cTiming is everything. Like I said, I put my faith in God. He\u2019s the master of all plans, and I just want to take this time to thank all of those teams that passed on me so I could end up right back where I need to be,\u201d he\u00a0said. \u201cIt\u2019s all good. I\u2019m good \u2014 trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ham continued, \u201cYou live, you learn, you seek out an opportunity, and if you don\u2019t get it, you just keep getting better and keep trying to add more things to your repertoire.\u201d<\/p>\n