Tim Tebow
Who is Tim Tebow?
TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION
Tim Tebow is a two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner. In addition, he serves as a college football analyst for ESPN. Prior to joining ESPN Tebow played three years in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and the New York Jets. Currently, Tebow is currently pursuing a career in professional baseball as a member of the New York Mets organization.
Tim Tebow’s Football Career
In 2006, Tebow received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida to play for its famed football team, the Gators. He spent his freshman year as a backup, but became an important member for a team that went on to win the BCS Championship. The next year he became the starting quarterback and won, among other honors, the Heisman Trophy (for outstanding all-around player) and the Davey O’Brien Award (for outstanding quarterback). Tebow set numerous records in the 2007 season, including the Gators’ single-game QB rushing mark (166 yards) and SEC single-season records for rushing touchdowns (20) and total touchdowns (passing and rushing; 55).
At the close of the 2008 season, Tebow led his team to victory in the BCS National Championship game, and was named the winner of a slew of athletic awards.
Tim Tebow’s Beliefs
“I don’t know what my future holds, but I do know who holds my future.”
Apart from his athletic skills, Tebow is known for his devotion to his Christian beliefs and his charity work. He was displayed often on the field with what became known as “Tebowing” — dropping to one knee in prayer with his head resting on one hand. The move was both widely imitated by Tebow fans and widely mocked by others. Whatever the intent behind the fad, Tebowing became a cultural phenomenon in the 2011 football season.
Tim Tebow grew up the son of missionaries and has returned to the Philippines several times throughout his life to spread God’s word and do the Lord’s work by serving the needy. While active in charity work even in college, Tebow founded the Tim Tebow Foundation in January 2010. The faith-based outreach group works with children in need in both the United States and the Philippines, building facilities for sick children, granting wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses and building playrooms in hospitals and orphanages, among other far-reaching charitable works. The foundation fulfils this mission every day by making dreams come true for children with life- threatening illnesses, building Timmy’s Playrooms in children’s hospitals, providing life- changing surgeries to children of the Philippines through the Tebow CURE Hospital.
Tim Tebow as an Author
Tim is the author of four New York Times Best Selling books: Through My Eyes, which was named the #1 sports and religion book of 2011 and Shaken: “Discovering your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms” which was released in 2016 and won the 2017 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Book of the Year. His third New York Times bestseller, This Is The Day, was released in September of 2018 and the latest, his fourth New York Times Best Selling book, and his first children’s book, Bronco and Friends: A Party to Remember released on January 5, 2021.
“Success comes in a lot of ways, but it doesn’t come with money and it doesn’t come with fame. It comes from having a meaning in your life, doing what you love and being passionate about what you do. That’s having a life of success. When you have the ability to do what you love, love what you do and have the ability to impact people. That’s having a life of success. That’s what having a life of meaning is.” – Tim Tebow
The world definitely needs more people like Tim Tebow!!!