Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame 2011 Inductee and Alabama Athletic Director Bill Battle talks about winning his battle with cancer with honor and grace. http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20161118/game-day-winning-battle
Winning the Battle
November 21st, 2016
January 12, 2017 at 7:00 pm, R. L. (BUDDY) PATEY said:
COACH AND VALUED FRIEND- PRAISE THE LORD!!! YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST COACHES AND FINEST MEN I\\’VE EVER KNOWN!!! ALONG WITH UNTOLD NUMBERS OF OTHERS, I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU AND GOD HAS ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS! I SHALL NEVER FORGET YOUR COACHING YEARS AT TENNESSEE AND MY PRIVILEGE TO OFFICIATE GAMES INVOLVING YOUR TEAM!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND MUCH FOOTBALL AND FRIENDSHIP LOVE,BuddyP. S. WOW! JUST LAST NIGHT AS I WAS SAYING MY EVENING PRAYER – I THOUGHT – HOW IS COACH BATTLE? I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT YOUR SITUATION – AND I KNOW THAT THE LORD LED ME TO CHECK THE TSHOF (NOT KNOWING THAT I WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT YOU AS I WAS CHECKING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS)!!!GOD BLESS A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN,