Navigate Adversity With Gratitude w/ Tim Tebow

“There are so many of us who need to know we have PURPOSE. As long as we have BREATH…with GOD’S help…we have PURPOSE.” - TIM TEBOW Tim Tebow needs no introduction! He is a two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner, first-round NFL draft pick, former professional baseball player, bestselling author, and philanthropist on a mission to bring faith, hope, and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need. You know him as a man deeply committed to his FAITH who gained notoriety after kneeling to pray while he was one of the top quarterbacks in the league. This interview will leave you feeling INSPIRED, with more FAITH in GOD, and MOTIVATED to #MAXOUT Your Life in EVERY way. You’ll learn so many life-CHANGING lessons including; 🙏🏽 The true POWER of your mindset 🙏🏽 The ONE THING greater than achieving your GOALS 🙏🏽 Why WINNING can leave you HOLLOW inside 🙏🏽 And the KEY to unlocking REAL success… You’ll also hear Tim tell a touching story about the fan who changed his LIFE forever. This is a LIFE LESSON every single one of you needs to hear. From start to finish, Tim delivers POWER and INSPIRATION that will affect your HEART AND SOUL… guaranteed. It’s an UPLIFTING hour you won’t want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:00Ed Mylett?

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• 1:02Speaker 01

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• 1:35Speaker 02

  This is the Ed Mylett Show.

• 1:39Ed Mylett?

  Okay, welcome back, everybody. Today's special. I have, it's my opinion, but I think it's shared by about 98% of the population. I have the greatest college football player in history in front of me here today. He was also a first-round draft pick in the NFL. He also played professional baseball. He's also a TV icon now. And he's a great force for good and force for God in the world. And it's somebody that I've admired from a distance for many, many years. And so many of you have asked me, can we please listen in on a conversation with you and this man? And so, we're going to do it today. Please share it, because this is going to be epic. Tim Tebow, welcome to the show, brother.

• 2:13Tim Tebow?

  Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. We have so many friends in common. And we've passed so many times. And so it's just great to be here and heard so many amazing things from all of our mutual friends. And I think it's really cool and it's quite an honor when so many people talk about you the way that they do.

• 2:33Ed Mylett?

  Oh, wow. Thank you.

• 2:35Tim Tebow?

  And so many people that I respect too. And that's pretty special because they don't just talk about you as a friend. They talk about you as someone that's influenced their life. And that's really cool.

• 2:46Ed Mylett?

  Thank you, brother. Well, that really makes me feel wonderful to hear you say that and makes me emotional to hear that. Because that's what you do in life. You want to help other people. And I've just watched you do this on this platform you've had and handled it so elegantly over the years. And in the beginning, as such a young man, I just admired the way, the grace in which you handled, really the pressure of being Tim Tebow all these years. And I have a theory about you. I bet you no one's ever asked you a few of these things. Well, I'll tell you after I have you share the story. I want you to tell my audience your mom's pregnancy story with you and your birth story. Because I believe that there's a re- it's connected to the person you've become. And I'll share with you what it is a minute. So tell my, they most probably would not know this.

• 3:31Ed Mylett?

  So about your mom's pregnancy with you.

• 3:32Tim Tebow?

  So my parents were and still are missionaries to the Philippines and Southeast Asia. And we were, my mom and dad were living in the Philippines with my four older siblings. And my dad was preaching in a very remote village. And as he was waiting to preach, he began to weep uncontrollably for all the babies that were never given a chance around the world. And God put it on his heart that he needs to have another baby. And actually by name Timothy, which means honoring God. And so he finished his preaching that night, travels back to where the family was.

• 4:15Tim Tebow?

  And he told my mom, he said, you know, We need to have, try to have another baby. God put it on my heart. And she's like, well, God didn't put it on my heart, you know? We already have four.

• 4:24Ed Mylett?

  We already got four of these.

• 4:25Tim Tebow?

  And she started praying about it not long after. God really put it on her heart not long after. She became pregnant, or at least they thought she was pregnant. And then they thought it was just a tumor. And so actually, my first nickname was actually Timmy the Tumor. So try getting rid of that one, you know? And, and then they realized after a little while, it wasn't a tumor. But then there was all these issues for the entire nine months, over and over and over, issues of amoeba dysentery that she had, and the placenta wasn't properly attached and all of this. And so the doctor, and they told my, my mom that she needed to have an abortion the whole time, pretty much, or it would cost her her life and my life. And the doctor that helped

• 5:09Tim Tebow?

  her give birth had done it for over 35 years and was an expert at it. And when she gave birth to me, she, he just looked at her and said, I've been, I've been doing this for over 35 years. And I don't know how Timmy made it. It's the greatest miracle I've ever seen. And then that was the day I got to meet my mom. And I'm just so grateful that I can sit here and have a conversation with you because my mom's courage to, to give me a chance and, and trust in God. And I'm just truly, truly grateful.

• 5:46Ed Mylett?

  Brother, that's, it's remarkable. And my theory is that in life, this is why your new book's going to help so many people, which we'll talk about in a minute, but in life, that there's a story we tell ourselves about who we are. And we start picking up these stories when we're young. And we do everything in our life to be consistent with the story we're telling ourselves. If we're a victim, we live a life where we're consistent with that. If we're, we think we're not smart, or not beautiful, or not important, or not special, we begin to live a life consistent with the story we tell ourselves. And you had the blessing of an amazing family, obviously, that was so God centered, but also that I've read where your father would tell you that you were a miracle.

• 6:24Tim Tebow?

  Yes, he would.

• 6:25Ed Mylett?

  And I really believe you started as a young man to live consistently with the story that you believed about yourself. And if you listen to Tim's life, the unbelievable amount of things he's accomplished and lives he's touched, I believe it's because that he's been living consistently with the story he believes about himself.

• 6:42Tim Tebow?

  Wow.

• 6:44Tim Tebow?

  Well, when I was young, my, my parents so many times would remind me, hey, you're a miracle, baby. God spared you for a reason, to have an impact, to do something special, to be able to, um, to help so many other people. And, um, you know, God didn't create you and spare you, um, by happenstance, by accident, but for a reason. And there is a plan and a purpose. And we use those words all the time. But I really believe that when you believe that, that there really is a plan and a purpose, that you do live differently. And I think, um, that there is a, a lot to what you just said.

• 7:29Tim Tebow?

  But I also, um, think, um, that one of the greatest calls on, on, on my life, and maybe the greatest call on my life, is to fight for people that can't fight for themselves. That's, um, in so many different areas where I felt like God has really wrecked my heart. Said, this is what I want you to do. And one of the biggest of those was when I was 15 and I was in the jungles of the Philippines and I met a boy who was born with his feet on backwards. And because of that, um, his village viewed him as cursed, as less than, as insignificant.

• 8:08Tim Tebow?

  And, uh, he was a throwaway to his village. But I knew that day that he wasn't a throwaway to God. And God was putting on my heart that he better not be a throwaway to you. And so ever since that day, um, I probably haven't done it very well, but I've known that I was supposed to fight for boys and girls, men and women, hurting people all around the world that were viewed as less than. Cause to God, nobody is, nobody is. And I also, I say that because I also think that ties to maybe in my subconscious somewhere that I

• 8:52Tim Tebow?

  Knew what it was like to also be vulnerable and weak and malnourished. Cause when I was born, I was malnourished, but waited for it really quickly. And maybe God placed that in my heart so that when he did give me athletic ability or strength, it wasn't so that I could carry a football or hit a baseball. It was so that you can lift him up first and foremost, but then hurting people that the world has put down and you can lift them up. And that is still what I believe is my greatest calling to this day.

• 9:24Ed Mylett?

  I wish, I hope people can feel what I'm feeling sitting three feet from you. I just watched your face change, get really, really emotional when you were telling that story about that young man. And I really believe in life. People respond more to what they feel than even what they hear. And when I have people in front of me, I always sort of sense their spirit and the Holy Spirit's just all over you and you're such a beautiful soul, man. And I hope everyone will go back and listen to what you just said again, because this is true for all of you. And I just think so many people feel like throwaways in life right now. You know, they're, maybe they've had a divorce or people have let them down or hurt them, or just maybe their dreams haven't happened yet and they're just like, you know, what's my purpose? What's my plan?

• 10:07Ed Mylett?

  And I think it's so important to be reminded by somebody as powerful as you that you do matter, that you're not a throwaway, that you do have a purpose and that purpose is probably to lift up other people in your unique way. You do that so remarkably well. I'm curious, cause you could have written a lot of books. So his new book, by the way, is called Mission Possible, One Year Devotional, 365 Days of Inspiration for Pursuing Your God-Given Purpose. Go get it. You could have written a lot of different books. Why'd you write this book this way?

• 10:37Tim Tebow?

  Because I, because of what you just said. Because there's so many of us at times that need to know that we have purpose.

• 10:49Tim Tebow?

  Mission's just another way of saying that. Yeah. You know, mission just means a task or a job that you have been given to do. And we all have a job here on this earth. And as long as we have breath, we have purpose. And possible just means to be able. Sometimes when we do think we have a purpose or a mission, it's like, well, I know I do, but it's way too vast, it's way too grand, it's impossible, I can't accomplish it, I can't do it. But God has not put us in a place where he's given us a mission we can't accomplish. Yes, maybe on our own, but with him, that mission is possible. It is, we are able to accomplish it, we're able to live that out. And, and really in this devotional, it's, it's two to five minutes. Right. Every morning or every evening, just hopping it.

• 11:33Tim Tebow?

  And it's really for, for three different goals. One would be to shape because number one, shape your mindset. Shape your mindset of, man, there's so much that, that gets in our way when we wake up in the morning, when we start the day, that is going to say, hey, you need to do this, this, this, and this. You need to remember that life's about this. You, you gotta remember, focus first on your occupation and get that raised. And, and I want to change that mindset to when we wake up, let's get in something that is going to reframe our mindset to what's truly the most important thing in that day. It's going to shape our mindset back to the things of life is bigger than us and making an impact and helping people, because when we want to be fulfilled, it is not what we're going to take in, it's what we're going to give out. And it's, that's just not even close, because you know how many conversations I've had

• 12:15Tim Tebow?

  and how many people that I've read about and seen that have reached the pinnacle of what they wanted to do in their occupation? And how many conversations we've had in the middle of the night where they said, man, I just thought it was going to mean more. Yes. I just thought it was going to mean more. I thought when I signed that contract, I thought when I got that promotion, I thought when I got to this, then I was going to be fulfilled. Yes. And, and so I just want to encourage people, all of us, myself included, because I've been in those places where I thought, man, that's what I need. And when I get that, that'll be it. Yeah. And. Even you, even you've had. Absolutely. Yeah. And so to, to, to reshape on what matters and then to be able to challenge, to, to challenge us to get uncomfortable. Yeah.

• 12:59Tim Tebow?

  To challenge us in this day when, when. You know, the world is telling us that it needs to be about praise, promotion, platform. That we remember, those things aren't necessarily wrong. But when they're everything, then they're gonna mean nothing. Yeah. And, and then the, the third goal really was to encourage. And encouragement just means to give support, confidence, or hope to. And right now, all of us need support, confidence, and hope. So true. We really do. We, we, we need those things. And so, man, in, in the morning, if I could just maybe write something that people could say, you know what? I know it's not perfect. I, I know maybe I'm not where I wanna be, but man, this is encouraging.

• 13:44Tim Tebow?

  This helped me. This reframed a few of my thoughts today. This challenged me to say, okay, you know what today? I am gonna be willing to get uncomfortable. I am gonna go talk to that guy I've never talked to. I'm gonna go talk to that girl I've never, I am gonna give a little bit more than I was willing to give. I am gonna be a little bit more generous. I am gonna be a little bit more courageous. I am gonna step out of my comfort zone. And then all of a sudden, when we start to make those small steps and those small changes, we're like, wow. Now I just put myself in a, in a situation where I, I think, you know. Gosh. You know, impact and influence and, and God can show up in such a way. And God can show up in any way he wants because he's God. But I just don't hear many stories about, you know, us just sitting there watching Netflix and all of a sudden we're radically transformed. It's so true, man.

• 14:29Tim Tebow?

  But man, when we step out of our comfort zone, when we all of a sudden, you know, the homeless guy at the light, we stop and we share with him. And we give him something. We take him to go get some food. And all of a sudden, his life isn't just different, our life is different. Yes. You know, and I see God just showing up in those ways so much more, you know? And, and using, it's getting out of our comfort zone, being, being willing to

• 14:53Tim Tebow?

  do some of the things that maybe society is like, oh, no, no, no, no, keep driving, keep going. Oh, that's uncomfortable. Don't do that. But when we get out of our comfort zone and we show a little courage and we show a little boldness. I also think, man, it's also a place where so much more impact and change and fulfillment comes.

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• 17:18Ed Mylett?

  Brother, amen. Like, I've done a lot of shows. There's not that many where like I want to hug someone and run through a wall at the exact same time. No, but you're right. There's this voice, there's a whisper that we have when we do see that homeless person or that friend of ours that we just, I should text them, I should call them. And we, we need to listen. That's courage in life. I've had people say, well, you know, someone like you or me, man, you're helping people on these. I just do it in small ways. How do you measure big or small?

• 17:43Tim Tebow?

  Yeah.

• 17:44Ed Mylett?

  How is, how is helping another human being feel the presence of God or have confidence or encouragement? Not a big thing. How much bigger of a thing can you possibly do?

• 17:54Tim Tebow?

  That's right.

• 17:54Ed Mylett?

  And people ask me, they'll look at you, like, I gave him a hug when he came in. I'm like, well, I've probably never felt smaller in my life. And, you know, so obviously you're disciplined, you have routines. And people ask me about my morning routine and it's changed over time. You know, sometimes I do a cold plunge. Sometimes I work out.

• 18:09Tim Tebow?

  Cold plunges, by the way.

• 18:09Ed Mylett?

  You're cold plunged too?

• 18:10Tim Tebow?

  Yes, absolutely.

• 18:11Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, I do all of that stuff. I've rotated it. But part of my routine that has not wavered or changed is my morning prayer time. And for me, and by the way, my morning prayer is like, I do it on my knees because it just reminds me of how small I really am. And, and, but that, I, I think I almost do it selfishly from the standpoint that it gives me courage. That connection, it reminds me, everybody, I want you to hear this, no matter what your faith is, Tim and I are both Christians, but just set aside what type of faith you have just for one second, for one second. Or that you don't have any faith yet and you're, you're thinking about finding faith, finding Jesus in your life. For me, it's a reminder, I'm not alone in everything I do from the minute that I get up.

• 18:53Ed Mylett?

  That I'm never alone. And that never aloneness gives me confidence and courage. Because I know, I don't have the perfect words all the time. I don't know what to say. I may not be, I'm not a psychologist. I might, may not be prepared, but I'm never alone when I'm helping other people. And when you feel helpless in your life, get helpful.

• 19:12Tim Tebow?

  Yes.

• 19:12Ed Mylett?

  And it'll change everything for you.

• 19:13Tim Tebow?

  I, I totally agree. I think one of the, the biggest ways to get out of a slump, out of a pity party,

• 19:23Ed Mylett?

  Mm-hmm.

• 19:24Tim Tebow?

  is to get out of your comfort zone and help someone else. I have, um, An agreement with one of my friends that when something bad would happen to me, that I wasn't gonna do anything before I served. And I would get cut from a team, there would be something disappointing, there would be a whatever. That it doesn't matter where I'm at, we would meet and we would go serve. No way. No one needs to see, no one needs to know, but we would just serve. Because when you go serve, it changes so much. In such a way that it's almost hard to even put into words. But so much of what we do in our lives is about us.

• 20:05Tim Tebow?

  And when we finally change the focus and the narrative of not putting us first, but actually serving,

• 20:16Tim Tebow?

  there's something that drastically changes. I I give you one story. I was at the University of Florida in my my freshman year, we were fortunate to win a national championship. My sophomore year, I was, we were blessed to win the Heisman. I say we because it's, you know, it took so many people to do it. My junior year, we won a national championship. And my senior year, our goal was to win another national championship, three out of four, something very few teams had ever done. And we didn't shy away from that goal. We were confident in it. We would literally break it down to best ever, you know? Because we thought we had a chance to to be that. We go undefeated, 12-0 through the regular season, get to the SEC championship game against Alabama, one versus two. The year before, they were one, we were two, we upset them. Now this year, we were one, they were two, and they upset us.

• 21:02Tim Tebow?

  And I'm competitive to the nth degree.

• 21:07Tim Tebow?

  But it became more than a game for me. And it affected me, who I was. Really? My identity. And I took it. Way too far. I guarantee you that week, if you were around me, maybe you wouldn't see me, but if you really knew me, you would knew that there was some part of identity that took place in that game. Interesting. And the next weekend, we're at the Home Depot Awards. It's the college football awards and everything. And the night before, they have a banquet that we have to go to. And I remember sitting there and I'm in such a bad mood. I'm so bitter. I'm so mad. I'm

• 21:46Tim Tebow?

  so frustrated. I regret so much. I'm so upset. It's, there's just no peace. There's no gentleness. There's no kindness. There's no compassion because it's all about me. Yeah. And what we lost and what we didn't get. And they're bringing up some Texas players and Alabama players to the stage because they're going to play in the national championship. And I'm watching that, just ready to puke, you know? Right. And, and there's this, this waitress that comes up to our table and she looks so nervous. And she said, just, um, you know, and I just, she's trying to say something and she's so nervous. And she said, I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to bother you. And I said,

• 22:31Tim Tebow?

  no, it's okay. What is it? And she's just takes it, you know, another 20 seconds to, to share it. And she finally gets it out. There's a girl and her family that I've driven from Virginia to see you. And this is in Orlando, Florida. That's a long drive. And she has, she didn't know how to say it, you know, some, some things she's fighting. And

• 22:55Tim Tebow?

  would you want to see her? Of course. So I stand up and I start walking to the back of the room. I guess they're not supposed to let in guests and everything. And it's kind of a private deal. But, so I think she is nervous. She's going to get in trouble, but I'm so grateful that she had the courage to tell me because it changed my life. They, they, they opened the doors and it comes walking this young girl named Kelly Fawnin, who has had brain tumors and tremors, and she's overcome more in her life than I would, could ever possibly overcome. She is such. Um, an inspiration to me and so many people. And Kelly, it's really hard for her to, to walk and take the next step.

• 23:38Tim Tebow?

  But she is so excited to see me and she is trying to take the next step and get closer to me as I'm walking towards her. She's walking towards me and she almost falls on every step, you know, cause she's, her weight gets too far forward and she's trying to. And finally she gets to me and her arms are open wide and she just wraps me up and gives me this amazing hug. And squeezes me and no one said anything yet and I'm just hugging her and squeezing her for probably a minute or so. And then without saying anything, she starts crying and then I start crying. And her parents were right there and my parents were right here and all of them are crying. And, and, and then um, I step back and, and we start talking. I get to meet Kelly.

• 24:20Tim Tebow?

  And I get to hear about her story and I get to hear about what she's gone through and what she's been through. And the, the courageous young woman that she is. And I just felt it on my spirit to ask her to be my date the next night for the red carpet and the awards ceremony. And, uh, and thankfully she said yes. And so the, the next morning, my, my uncle took her out to, with her parents and her sister to, to get her a dress. For, so she could be the belle of the ball. And, and then all of us went to dinner that, that next night before the red carpet and the awards ceremony. And I mean, we're dying, we're laughing, we're having the most fun at dinner. We're enjoying the whole thing. It was amazing.

• 25:02Tim Tebow?

  And then we go in to the red carpet and we're, we're walking down the red carpet and the crowd's going crazy for it. And they're cheering for her and all of this and, and she just looks so happy, so joyful, so beautiful as we walk down the red carpet. And then we go into our seats and, and I guess sitting literally like row one, seat A. And she's like right beside me and, and her family's near us and my family's right behind me. And, and I, I was up for, for quite a few awards that year. And uh, maybe, maybe six, something like that. I can't remember exactly, but something like that. And, and man, I'll tell you what, the night was amazing.

• 25:43Ed Mylett?

  Gosh.

• 25:44Tim Tebow?

  It was so awesome. And then the award show starts and the first award that I'm up for and I lose. And I'm like, ah, it's okay. You know, it's not about that. It's about Kelly. The second award starts. I lose. It's okay, it's about Kelly. Third award, and I lose. All right, it stings a little bit, you know, getting a little irritated. Fourth award, lose. Fifth award, lose. And now, all of those emotions and selfishness and bitterness and everything that was about me is coming back. And it's flooding me. And then as they're getting ready to announce the sixth award, and as I'm sitting here, I can't even tell you what it's for. Right.

• 26:28Tim Tebow?

  But at the moment, you would have thought this is everything. And before they announce it, my mom, sitting behind me, leans forward and she whispers in my ear. Timmy, you already won tonight. You just don't get your award till heaven. Oh, bro. What is she talking about? She's not talking about this college football award. She's talking about what mattered in the moment. What mattered in the moment was Kelly and her family. And you see, what was happening was when I was at the banquet the night before, in that whole week, everything was about me. It was about me. It was about me. It was about me. And then I met Kelly and it changed because I was inspired by her. And so I stopped focusing on myself for one minute and I started thinking about her. And you know what happened?

• 27:13Tim Tebow?

  I finally refound joy and peace and happiness, but happiness isn't the right word. Joy's more of the right word. And that was there until it started to become about me again. Went right back. Went right back into it until I was reminded, until I was reminded. And that's, you know, one of the things I think is so important is we have to remind ourselves over and over and over again, what matters? You know, what are the things that we believe? What do we hold fast to? What are our convictions? What are our non-negotiables? We have to remember and we have to meditate on those things to remind us because if not, other things are going to fill our brain, fill our heart, and they're going to start to creep in. Not all together, but to creep in, oh, no, no, no, you need to put yourself first.

• 27:58Tim Tebow?

  No, no, no, you shouldn't be happy if you don't win. No, it's about you. Yep. It is, no, it is about you. And all these things are going to creep in over because that's what we. That's what society tells us.

• 28:09Ed Mylett?

  It's so true, man.

• 28:09Tim Tebow?

  It's about you. And if it's, and if it's not about you, then you need to be like this other person's because you need to be more like them. They have more followers and you need to be like their highlight reel on their Instagram, on their social media. And it's just constantly saying either you need to be more, it needs to be about you, or you need to be more like them.

• 28:27Ed Mylett?

  Like them, yes.

• 28:28Tim Tebow?

  And I'm just so grateful for Kelly that day. And by the way, we're still close friends and she has raised hundreds of thousands for the foundation and she's a mama bear to so many other kids and she makes such an impact and she is, she's so incredible. But I'm just so grateful that she reminded me on that day, what really matters.

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• 30:52Tim Tebow?

  And going back to what I was just saying about remembering is, I think there's a reason why,

• 31:01Tim Tebow?

  in Deuteronomy, Moses remind 22 times says to the Israelites, "Remember or do not forget." Wouldn't you have could imagine if God had rescued you and parted the sea? And you're like, "You would never have to say, 'Tammy, remember what happened.'"

• 31:15Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 31:16Tim Tebow?

  But instantly, they started focusing on a lot of other things and forgot the goodness of God.

• 31:21Ed Mylett?

  Gosh, man.

• 31:21Tim Tebow?

  And so we need, Moses reminded them, "We need to be reminded over and over and over and over again." And we need to go back and we need to remember what matters, our non-negotiables, our convictions, all the amazing things that God has done in our life. And we need to focus on those things. And so, you know, when, when we get out of bed and we focus on those things, then we, we reframe our mind. We go back to what matters. We go back to what's important. We're encouraged by good things and now we go get ready to head out to life.

• 31:46Ed Mylett?

  Brother, that is one of the great stories. Like it, it kind of reads like a movie script. Let's be real, right? Like even the people in the studio over there are like nodding. Like that is one of the great, it's not easy to give me goosebumps. Like it is, it isn't, right? I got like gooseies everywhere because...

• 32:04Ed Mylett?

  It's exactly true. You know, I think what a lot of people think, by the way, and I've thought this when I ever say a lot of people when you're listening to the show, I mean, like, I also am a lot of people, right? But I used to think when things weren't good in my life, what you just said sounds really good. And once I get my own life together, I'm gonna really start serving other people. When I can get my head above water, when I stop drowning, then I'll do it. And what I have found in my life is that you're going to take you with you when you get to these next destinations. And if you can't find a way to find joy and bliss and what you talk about in the book, a great deal gratitude. In the moments of your life where it's difficult, in other words, if your bliss, if your service, if your love, if your faith

• 32:46Ed Mylett?

  is conditional on everything being dialed in in your life right now, you're gonna have very few moments of bliss and joy in your life, and it's actually not real. And so the hard thing to do in life, when I was the most broke and my water was turned off and friends were abandoning me, was to find things to be grateful for in those moments, which is why I love your book. Because it's just a reminder on a daily basis to find the small things in life that we're grateful for. And everyone in personal development talks about you gotta be gratitude, you gotta have gratitude. But I think just listening to you and being with you, this is a real pattern and benchmark of your life, right? Gratitude.

• 33:23Tim Tebow?

  Absolutely. But, but see, what happens with gratitude is a lot of people think that, oh, gratitude is an emotion or a feeling that I get, and sometimes it can be. But it can also be a choice of when I choose to focus on the things that I'm grateful for. And the University of Miami did a study, and I don't remember necessarily every part of the study, but a main part of the study was in one of the control groups that they had to write down every, one thing every day that they were grateful for, and I think for 10 weeks. And then they had some of the other control groups write down other things. But the point of it was that that group that for 10 weeks wrote down one thing every day, and you think, well, that's so easy. I can write down one thing every day for 10, that's not a lot.

• 34:04Tim Tebow?

  At the end of the study, that group had a biological, chemical reaction for the better. Literally, their health improved, their mindset. Improved. They were better off because for 10 weeks, they wrote down one thing. They were grateful for. Right. There's something to choosing gratefulness.

• 34:24Ed Mylett?

  It's so true.

• 34:24Tim Tebow?

  Not, not just feeling grateful.

• 34:27Ed Mylett?

  Very good.

• 34:27Tim Tebow?

  Choosing it. Cause sometimes we don't feel like it. But I'm so grateful, we don't have to live always by our feelings. Cause feelings are really fickle. And they come and go, man, do you know how many days, you know, when you, the alarm goes off at five, you're like, I don't wanna wake up. I don't wanna go do this, but we don't have to live by our emotions. We get to choose our convictions of what we believe, of what we wanna live for, of what we wanna stand for. And that doesn't mean we're perfect with it. We screw up all the time with it. But if you live by your emotions, then your life will be a roller coaster.

• 35:01Ed Mylett?

  Gosh, that's so true. Yeah.

• 35:03Tim Tebow?

  It will be a roller coaster. You're gonna have some awesome days. Man, I feel like it. I feel grateful. But then you're gonna have other days where you don't feel like it.

• 35:11Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 35:12Tim Tebow?

  And in those moments, what do we go back to? Can we still write down what we're grateful for?

• 35:19Ed Mylett?

  So good, dude.

• 35:19Tim Tebow?

  Can we reframe our mindset? Can we find encouragement? Can, can we remember all of those things? And.

• 35:26Ed Mylett?

  Tim, are you listening to you? I don't, sometimes I do the show, it becomes out of body for me every once in a while. I'm like, I'm so proud of this guy right now. And I, and it's not about you. It's just like, I, I do this show because I love humans and I want joy and the love and, and the techniques and the strategies and all that in life too. But no one has ever sat there, ever, or all the shows I used to film in my house and said that gratitude is not just an emotion. It's actually a conscious choice.

• 35:54Tim Tebow?

  Yes.

• 35:55Ed Mylett?

  It's also part of the, you know, my book, I write about the matrix of our life, like the filter that we see life through. And that story you're telling yourself alters this filter. And if that filter is to find the things that worry you, that give you anxiety, that give you fear, that give you depression, that give you anger, you will find them on a daily basis because they're there.

• 36:12Tim Tebow?

  Yes.

• 36:12Ed Mylett?

  But if your filter is to choose to find gratitude daily to see that, you will then begin to see those things that have always been there before.

• 36:20Tim Tebow?

  Isn't that really about perspective, what you're saying?

• 36:22Ed Mylett?

  One million percent.

• 36:23Tim Tebow?

  It's.

• 36:23Ed Mylett?

  I can give you an example too. You're gonna, you're gonna love this. My mother-in-law, Patricia is the most godly woman ever. She sees the Lord. Everywhere, you know, you know, like your mom might be like, no matter what she sees the Lord. I used to, when I was young, I've known her since I was 14. I used to kind of laugh about it like, gosh, geez, she's so Pollyanna. Like, my gosh, like she doesn't work in the real world. Like if she was in the real world, she'd know there's stuff and things and stress and worry. And the older I've gotten, like, we'll walk outside, literally, Timmy, like, outside, Tim, and she'll go, the window blowing her face, "Thank you, Jesus." And she'll just feel, she's constantly, her, her matrix, her filter is to find, it's not even just gratitude, to be honest with you, my, my mother-in-law is looking for the Lord everywhere.

• 37:07Ed Mylett?

  And she sees it everywhere. And you know what? She hasn't aged.

• 37:12Tim Tebow?

  Yeah.

• 37:12Ed Mylett?

  My, my mother-in-law is almost 80 years old, she looks 40. And I think one of the things you just said is her biochemistry's changed, her, her health is better. She's just a remarkable person, based on her perspective. And now I want to go to perspective, because one of the great moments of all sports for me ever. Let me tell you when it was, okay? Because I also think in life, it's not just, it's not just the story we tell ourselves, but it's how we respond when adversity comes our way. So, my favorite was back in 2008. And there's this football team that loses 31 to 30. I think it was, was it Ole Miss? Or who was it? It was Ole Miss. So, you know, your face just changed again, right? And this young man, who has no business being this wise, or this strong,

• 37:57Ed Mylett?

  or this humble, or this courageous, at a young man. I mean, people forget, when you're watching these college athletes, because they, they run and look like grown men, these are still very young people. And I knew who you were, but, eh, he's another player, he talks about God, that's great. Then I watched, I watched this press conference, I saw it live. Let me tell you what happens, this young man, we'll probably play it on the YouTube, or the audio here, on the audio. This young man gets up and says, and he's down, you look at his face in this video, he's down. He says, "To the fans and everybody in Gator Nation, I'm sorry."

• 38:30Speaker 05

  "I'm extremely sorry. You know, we were hoping for an undefeated season, that was my goal, something the floor's never done here."

• 38:36Tim Tebow?

  But I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come out of this. You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season and you never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season. You never see a team play harder than we will the rest of the season.

• 38:53Ed Mylett?

  The rest of the season. God bless. And he walks out. I'm thinking, how, how does he respond like this when this happens? And if you know the rest of the story, they did exactly that. Don't you think part of life is how you respond in the times when adversity hits like that?

• 39:07Tim Tebow?

  Absolutely.

• 39:07Ed Mylett?

  And has that been a benchmark for you, like throughout your life and the advice you'd give to people who are facing adversity and challenges right now?

• 39:16Tim Tebow?

  Well, I would first say that adversity is here, it just left, or it's on its way. Life, I just don't think we should ever give people the false notions that adversity's not a part of life. It is, it's a part of life.

• 39:34Ed Mylett?

  I think it's important because we're talking about gratitude and all this stuff.

• 39:36Tim Tebow?

  Right. You can still be grateful even in the midst of it, not when it's perfect, because it's never going to be perfect. We can be grateful even in the hard times. And, I think for me, in that, in that moment, I felt such a weight, a burden and a responsibility. Because I missed the mark. I did. As a leader, as the quarterback, as a part of Gator Nation, I bleed orange and blue. So it wasn't just as a player. It was, it was my grandfather's dream for him to see Florida win an SEC championship. He died before that happened.

• 40:12Ed Mylett?

  I didn't know that.

• 40:13Tim Tebow?

  Yeah, it was part of life. And so I had dreamed about this since I was a boy and Florida's never had an undefeated season. So when, and for about an hour, I was waiting for the press conference and I was sitting there and Coach Meyer was sitting beside me and I keep getting emotional, keep getting emotional because it just, it meant that much to me. And then as I go to do the press conference, my, my parents are walking down in, so I get emotional again. I have cooled down again. And so then I go in and I answer all the questions and then I want to.

• 40:47Tim Tebow?

  I wanted to say something. I wanted to say something. I didn't have to. I didn't need to. But I felt like I was supposed to. And there's a difference. And the first thing that I wanted to say, because I believe when you do something wrong, the first thing you should do is apologize. And not just say, oh, I apologize. That's not an apology. Apologize is to say, I am sorry. And so I wanted to apologize first and foremost, and I did it twice. To say I'm sorry, because when you feel like you did something wrong, you need to apologize. And that's the first thing I wanted to do. And so I apologized twice. But then I just believe and, and, and, you know, I'm just so grateful for my parents and trying to instill this is to apologize and then say how it's going to be different.

• 41:31Tim Tebow?

  Right? Because it's, it's, it's, it's not just a disappointment or a wrong, but it's a learning moment. It's a learning curve. It could be one of the greatest moments of your life. If you take a down and you learn from it and you adjust and you adapt and you grow so that that moment might be the reason you don't have to face those moments for a long time, because you changed, you learned, you grew, you adapt. And sometimes that sucky moment could be one of the greatest moments you ever have in your life. Because I learned so much from it. Or I could sit in it. And so I just, I wanted to, to apologize. And then I wanted to say, and it's funny, it's people will, will sometimes quote and they'll be like, oh, you promised y'all were gonna win the national championship. I'm like, I never said that. I can't make a promise that

• 42:15Tim Tebow?

  I don't know if it'll come true. And so I promised something I believed I could control. Was that I was gonna be the hardest working player because I believe I could control that. That everything, everything I could do and that our team, because I believed how our team would respond.

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• 43:03Ed Mylett?

  Let me ask you about that. I wanted to ask you this. You're in unbelievable shape. You've got what appears to me to be a beautiful new marriage in your life. You help all kinds of people in so many different ways. You're, what I don't think I love about you is you're a masculine man who's so masculine that he can be gentle and kind. I think that's real masculinity. You don't have to flex it. And you, you're, you're, you're a unique man and somebody that I admire a great deal. And I'm curious for you, and I, I, I really, really want to know this. Hard work, people use that term. You talk about it in the devotional too. Hard work.

• 43:45Ed Mylett?

  I don't, what does that look like, Tim? Like when you're talking about, I'm gonna work. Like you said, there's a young man, but then you did it when you got to the NFL and you've done it when you went to play baseball. And then you did it when you're now in broadcasting. I guarantee you prepare like nobody prepares. What does the top of the top work look like? In other words, you know what I mean? People go, I'm a hard worker in the gym. I work hard. Is your hard work compared against the best possible version of you? Do you measure it against other teammates? Is it to the point of failure? What is hard work?

• 44:15Tim Tebow?

  In sports, you would definitely measure it up against other people because that can sometimes drive you. One of the things that I, I find fascinating is when you grow up, so many people, coaches, teachers, all sorts of people, they will say, hey, it's so important to be a hard worker, to work hard. And I always, I always kind of sit back and, and want to say, why? Why is that important? Why, why is it important to be a hard worker?

• 44:46Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 44:47Tim Tebow?

  It's, and I think when you tell kids to work hard and there's no why behind it, it seems half-baked.

• 44:57Ed Mylett?

  You're right.

• 44:58Tim Tebow?

  And so I don't like to tell kids to work hard. As a matter of fact, I very rarely tell them to work hard. But I say, when you do find that thing in your life that you care so much about, you will be willing to work hard. And so where are you gonna find that thing in your life? That you are, because I, I don't think that I was a, I don't, I wouldn't say that I was necessarily a hard worker. I would say that.

• 45:27Tim Tebow?

  For so much of my life in sports, I loved it so much. I was so passionate that I would be willing to sacrifice. It didn't come from a place of hard work. It came from a place of caring, caring about the game, loving my teammates, loving the coaches, not wanting to let people down. And so that was something that that would drive me to go to the nth degree. And I have two quotes on my on my wall when I was young and growing up. It's one of them was somewhere he is out there training while I am not, and when we meet, he will win. And so it wasn't the thought of I want to go work hard. It was a thought of I want to be my best. And I know somewhere he's waking up in the middle of the night and he's training. So you know what? I better wake up in the middle of the night, too. And actually, I first saw that when I was a young boy and Mike Krzyzewski came on TV

• 46:11Tim Tebow?

  and then it showed kids all around the world shooting free throws. And I couldn't get it all down. And so my mom was like, okay, you need to go to sleep. And I said, no, Mom, my God, can I please see this commercial one more time? And she sat up with me, waited till the commercial played again, and I couldn't get it all down. And she got the whole thing down. And we put it on the wall. And and so I'd get up and I would look at that. Somewhere he is out there training while I am not. He's training for my scholarship. He's training for the championship. He's training for the trophy. He's training for the moment. He's training for all of that while I am not. And when we meet because of those choices, he will win. I didn't I couldn't I can't get up in the middle of the night because I want to have a work ethic. But I can get up in the middle of the night because I have

• 46:55Tim Tebow?

  a conviction that I want to be my best because I have one life. I have one opportunity. I have one chance. That can get me up at night. Not because, man, I want to be so disciplined to be a hard worker. That's just it's so it's there's no weight behind it. But if you think in your life, you have one chance to be your best, and every single one of us has that same chance. Not all of us. We don't have a chance to be the best. Very few people have the chance to be the best in something. But every one of us has the chance to be our best in it. And so are we going to wake up and say, hey, with this day, with this moment, with this year, with my life, with this chance, because I believe that I'm here for a reason, that I have purpose, that I can make a difference?

• 47:37Tim Tebow?

  I love what I'm doing, that I'm passionate, which passion ultimately also just means, passion is a 12th century Latin word that means to suffer. And where the word even comes from is from the passion of the Christ that Jesus cared so much for humanity, that he's willing to go to the cross to suffer for them. So when we say we're passionate about something, it's not excitement, motivation, or hype. It means that we care so much about something, we're willing to suffer for it. So when we say, hey, we love something, we're passionate, know what we're talking about.

• 48:04Ed Mylett?

  Oh, my gosh.

• 48:04Tim Tebow?

  That means we're going to sacrifice. And so I think that you don't want to just tell somebody, hey, have a work ethic, buddy.

• 48:10Ed Mylett?

  Right?

• 48:11Tim Tebow?

  Yeah. No, man. Do you love it? Are you passionate about it? Right? Do you want to make the most of your life, of your time? We don't know how much time we're gonna have, but man, when we have it, huh, let's run after the things we love and we're called to. Let's run after the dreams and the goals that we feel like God has placed in our heart and our life. Right? That will convict you and wake you up and get you out of bed. So that I can say, no, he's not gonna be able to say that to me.

• 48:39Ed Mylett?

  How the heck are you doing this? You're like exceeding what I thought you would possibly do today. There's, the Highway Patrol loves you and I, because there are so many damn speeding tickets happening right now, because they're listening to the show going, they're at 85 miles an hour. People are like level 26 on the treadmill right now. I'm ready to run through the dagum wall! And I'm dead serious right now. But when someone's speaking also, I'm like, I put it through my truth barometer. And you're really right, like, be a hard worker. This is something that has to come from love. I'm really, I'm writing about this right now too, brother, so it's like profound for me that you're talking about it. All great things are created from love. All great creation, all great genius, all the way back to the crucifixion

• 49:22Ed Mylett?

  and the suffering that took place there, comes from love. The ultimate saving comes from love. So all great creation comes from these places, and that's why the gratitude piece matters, because when you're grateful, you're finding the things you love, the things you can love, and you can begin to create from there. There's another thing about you that goes unnoticed, because it's just who you are, which I want to, I want to acknowledge you, and I want you to speak to this.

• 49:46Ed Mylett?

  You have a lot of courage and you're so humble like when you're describing the story of meeting the young woman, I get to meet her, I get to go to dinner with her. I don't know that I was that hard of a worker. Okay, well, everyone you freaking played with said you were. So other people seem to think you were a really hard worker. All your coaches seem to think you were a crazy hard worker. You just have a great deal of humility. And that nuance, by the way, my favorite humans have a tremendous amount of confidence, combined with a high degree of humility. That's a really unique nuance. It's my, what I try to look for even in my friends, even in great leaders. Show me someone with a lot of confidence, no humility, we know what's gonna happen to them. Show me with somebody with a lot of humility, but it doesn't develop any confidence, you're constantly having to carry them through life, right? So that common thing, but then there's another element, which is courage, which is to speak our convictions, which is to speak up when we believe something, even in the

• 50:31Ed Mylett?

  face of adversity. And one thing about you, and I want everyone to understand this, even if they didn't, don't know this about you, you've taken a lot of criticism in your life, bro. A lot. You took a lot of criticism for standing up for your faith, tons of it. You were made fun of, you were mocked, people would put out memes and pictures about you. Then you get to the NFL, ah, he can't throw, he can't play. The truth is, the NFL's finally caught up to you. A lot of the quarterbacks in the NFL now play your style of football. I almost wish you got drafted now, because mobile quarterbacks who can throw on the run, who can move the football, who are real leaders, seem to be dominating the NFL right now. You're just about a decade too early, right? And I don't even know that that's true if someone had just given you a chance to keep playing, because this dude not only was a first round

• 51:12Ed Mylett?

  pick, he's won a playoff game, and this is a guy who a lot of teams now would really wish they had playing quarterback for them. But the point is, you've taken a lot of criticism. Then you have the courage, nah, I'm gonna go play baseball. Oh, Tim Tebow's a baseball player now, right? You could have really fallen on your face. No, he actually worked himself into a position where this dude became an actual prospect to go play in the big leagues. But you've been willing to take criticism for your convictions, your beliefs and your dreams. Most people aren't. So I want you to speak to that about why you were willing to do it and how important it is in life.

• 51:45Tim Tebow?

  Well, um, uh, thank you for that. There's a lot to that. And I think I would start by going back to perspective of, um, what we were talking about a minute ago, and...

• 52:02Tim Tebow?

  I'll use the word boldness and the definition of that coming from the Greek would be to put it all on the line to do what is necessary. And I've even along the way won some awards for being bold. And I would say that when people say, oh, you were bold for your faith or courageous or and I would say, no, I wasn't. Maybe maybe compared to a few, but to compare to my heroes. Okay. No.

• 52:42Tim Tebow?

  One of the reasons like my dad is such a massive hero of mine is because he did it in places where they said, if if you tell people about the love of your God, we'll kill you. Hmm. And he still did. And for heroes of mine that are all over the world, helping people and their life is on the line. Hmm. That's that's the definition. You put it all on the line to do what is necessary. I've never had to do that. Hmm. I've never had to do that. Hmm. Um, yes, there's criticism, but when you regain that perspective, what lens you're seeing out of.

• 53:25Tim Tebow?

  No, man, my my life wasn't on the line. I mean, maybe to some people because it's public that, well, it's a big deal, but ultimately. And yeah, sometimes it felt like to me would be it would sometimes affect you and you're like, man. And I even remember when I was a freshman in college and getting a little bit of more at that. And I remember going to my dad and being like, Dad, man, if somebody people would just get to know me, Dad, they would like me. And he was like, you know what, Timmy, they would because you're likeable. But there's some people I don't wanna even get to know you to like you. And also at the same time, I was reading a book about Winston Churchill.

• 54:11Tim Tebow?

  That in a time in his life, the majority of the world didn't like him. And the Allies thought he's gonna lose the war for his decisions. And if you weren't on the Allies, then you were his enemy. And so the majority of the world couldn't stand him. And he writes, "If you have enemies, good, it means you stood for something at least once in your life." And I was just like, I didn't understand it. I was like, how, how could it be good? How could it be good to have enemies? Like, you know, and I wanna make people like me. And I just, um, my, um, my personality at its core is to, I want people to like me. I wanna be friends.

• 54:54Tim Tebow?

  And then I would, kinda went through this, this, you know, process of trying to study. And I think, you know, um, God kinda impacting my heart where I was like, man, although I, I really want people to like me.

• 55:10Tim Tebow?

  I kind of adjusted to, well, like is so superficial and fickle. You post something that they, that they enjoy, they like it. You post something I might not understand, or they might not agree with, and they instantly dislike you. So I kinda changed my framework to, instead of liking, and I would have to choose to do this. I didn't feel like doing this, but choose to do this, to go from liking to respecting. What if on all social media, it wasn't about likes, it was about respect? Now, who clicks it? And so it was like, okay, respect is a lot longer to earn, but it's gonna last a lot longer as well. And so that was part of the framework.

• 55:51Tim Tebow?

  And then it was also, um, you know, a verse that really impacted me was John 16 33. And it's Jesus in the upper room talking to his disciples. And he looks at them at a time when they totally don't get it, a lot like me in my life. I just don't get it all. And he looks at them and says, "For in me you have peace. In the world, you're gonna have trials and tribulations, but take heart. I have overcome the world." So good. And so it was in this, this framework of like, we're gonna have trials and tribulations. And, and we're gonna look all over for peace, but it only comes in one person, and it's the Prince of Peace. And.

• 56:25Tim Tebow?

  And we have a job to do, and that's to take heart. Another way to say that is to choose courage.

• 56:31Ed Mylett?

  Choose courage.

• 56:32Tim Tebow?

  And it's so fascinating that when you look at Scripture, everywhere that word is used, "take heart," Tharséo is the word. And in Jesus' public ministry, it's used four times. And every time it's hurting, confused people, He says, "Take heart," and then He performs a miracle. And in this one, it's when He goes to Calvary's cross. And it's like, we're just reminded that life's not gonna be easy. There's gonna be trials and tribulations. But we wanna have peace that's found in a person, and we have to take heart. Why? Because we remember, going back to remember, that He's overcome the world. And ultimately, He's putting in perspective that, wait a second, this isn't that big a deal.

• 57:16Tim Tebow?

  It might feel like a big deal. It might feel because when you pick this up, that's what people are saying. But ultimately, it's not a big deal because so many heroes are around the world that are under real persecution. Their life is on the line. And so, going back to boldness, putting it all on line to do what is necessary. They're doing it. I've never had to do it. And if it came to it, would I be willing to? I don't know. That's the truth, is the reality, is I don't know. But there are heroes of the faith that are doing it all over. That's what courage, and that's what boldness looks like. And I've never had to do that. And so, I need to put in perspective of, I don't know if I could or if I would. I hope if it came to that, I would. But man, I need to understand what it's about and put it into perspective.

• 57:55Ed Mylett?

  Wow, Tim.

• 57:59Ed Mylett?

  You know, by the way, everybody, I just wanna say one thing. He didn't know I was gonna ask him any of this stuff. So, when you're listening to this, like, it's, the answers are this, rolling off the tongue. This is obviously the Holy Spirit all over this man. But having said that to you all, like, He didn't know I was gonna ask him any of these things. And I have to say, one thing that you did open up by saying was the people that are your heroes, though, show that boldness because they've got respect. And standing to speak your convictions in moments that are difficult, or even being in a group of people where someone's gossiping and say, "Hey, I don't wanna participate in this." That's being bold. That's standing for your convictions. Standing for your faith. Believing in your company or your product. Believing in whatever it might be. Up and saying as a young, young, young man that you're never gonna see a team work this hard. These are standing up and being willing. So maybe you haven't done the things like your father.

• 58:44Ed Mylett?

  I agree with you, but I respect people in big way. I respect people. I watched something in a restaurant the other day where I had, I didn't know it was happening. But uh, uh, the table's being rude to this server. And then I, I didn't hear it and the manager of the place came by and usually what would a manager, oh, I'm so sorry. She made a mistake. The manager said, hey, I don't want you speaking to the people that work in here that way. She's trying her best. She's new here. She's a good young woman. I believe in her. And then she brought, he brought the server back over to the table and said, I just want you to know you're doing a great job. I love you. I believe in you. I know you're trying your best. I thought, I know to your point, I respect that man. For standing up in that moment to help the helpless, to help those that were thrown away. Felt thrown away, which is what they were doing to that person over there. So thank you for that.

• 59:29Ed Mylett?

  I got two more questions because we're gonna run out of time. I don't know that I've ever done an interview. I'm not, I'm being serious too. That's flown by this quickly.

• 59:36Tim Tebow?

  I agree. I was like, what?

• 59:37Ed Mylett?

  I know. Seriously, brother. Like, that's how you know. Like, I'm like, I, I would love to go so much longer. But I do have a couple more things. One of the thing you've dealt with, and a lot of people are dealing with this. You've dealt with, and I'm talking about in the world, but in this world, the physical world, you've dealt with dreams ending.

• 59:53Tim Tebow?

  Yeah.

• 59:53Ed Mylett?

  There were dreams of yours. So you had an NFL dream and it ended. Probably you'd have liked it to gone a little bit longer.

• 59:59Tim Tebow?

  You wanted it to.

• 1:00:00Ed Mylett?

  Right. Yeah. And then you had a baseball dream.

• 1:00:02Tim Tebow?

  Yeah.

• 1:00:03Ed Mylett?

  And it didn't quite go to the extent that you wanted it to. And I'm sure you've even had relationships that didn't work the way that you wanted to. And there's just a lot of people like, you know, my first dream, I had this beautiful relationship and they cheated and we're no longer married. Or I had this business I started it or didn't happen, or you know, I wanted to get in this particular amount of shape and it hasn't happened. And my dream, my first dream, my second dream, my third dream hasn't happened. What advice would you give to somebody who's had a dream end like that?

• 1:00:31Tim Tebow?

  Yeah. Really, really good question. Really hard question to answer too, but I'd go maybe in a couple of ways. The first way I would say is when we're going through life, I think it's really important how we make decisions. And sometimes we make decisions because that's what we like, or that's what we want, or that's how we feel. And one of the ways that I try to make decisions is what am I gonna regret the least one day? And what am I gonna regret the least? I don't wanna live a life of regret. I would.

• 1:01:03Tim Tebow?

  I would rather think through it in a way where I could try to say, hey, you know what? I might go after this. Baseball is one example. I remember sitting in New York City with all agents around and they're telling me all these different opportunities and a lot of them would bring up the finances and all of this. And baseball was just on my heart of something I loved since I was a young boy. And at the end of them presenting all these options and things that I could go do, I said, hey, guys, what would y'all think if I went and played baseball? And they're like, you could hear a pin drop. Like, what are you talking about? But and then they don't say, do you love it? Are you passionate? Do you care about it?

• 1:01:46Tim Tebow?

  It was, well, what if you fail? And ultimately, then I would just be making a decision based on approval, based on what other people think. And they would be saying, but the finances. And so then you won't make a lot of money. You won't make any money. You'll probably lose money, actually. So then I'm going to choose in my life to make decisions on what other people think and finances. And I just don't think that's a reason we should make. Yes, I get, sometimes we got to make choices to take care of our family. That's, that's different. But this is an area where you're going after something you, you, you love as a, as a reason of why you do it, or other things that you're going after. And I just don't think that it's a,

• 1:02:30Tim Tebow?

  it's, it's, I think if we let other people define what we choose in our life, that it's going to be very hard to find fulfillment and joy and true passion in that because we're not going after what we were called to, what we love, what we're passionate about. We're doing what other people think we should do with our lives. Yep. And I didn't want to let my agents do that, or let their opinion of what the world's going to think, or even the media. And so, you know, when I made that decision, I did get a lot of criticism. And, you know, one of my responses is, so you want me to go after things because you like it, or you're passionate, or you want to do it. I want to do what, what I feel like I love and I'm passionate about it. And I got to go live that out and do that.

• 1:03:13Tim Tebow?

  Pursue that and enjoy that moment. And I feel like if I didn't, then I would have lived with a lot more regret than actually going to do that. And I just think that maybe if that could encourage someone, don't let other people make choices for you.

• 1:03:26Ed Mylett?

  Yeah. And also, what would you regret the least? You know, to go play baseball and it maybe didn't go as far as you wanted it to. All right, maybe there's a little bit of regret with that, but what, how much more regret would you have had in your sixties?

• 1:03:37Tim Tebow?

  If I said, no, I'll never try.

• 1:03:38Ed Mylett?

  And I never know. I never know.

• 1:03:40Tim Tebow?

  And how many times, especially talking to kids now, well, oh my gosh, what are people gonna say? Or oh my gosh, what if I don't make it? Or oh my gosh, what if I fail? It's a possibility.

• 1:03:51Ed Mylett?

  You ever gonna run for office?

• 1:03:52Tim Tebow?

  Oh, I don't know.

• 1:03:54Ed Mylett?

  Anybody ever ask you that?

• 1:03:55Tim Tebow?

  Yes. Yeah. And I've always responded by saying if I felt like that's where I could make the greatest impact, I would think about it. It's definitely not where I feel called now. I feel like the greatest impact is, is with our foundation and the impact we're trying to make around the world. But you know what? I'll, I'll never say no to, I feel like that's what I'm called to.

• 1:04:15Ed Mylett?

  I'm just sitting there watching. I wish we had more leaders like you in those spaces. That's the only reason I said it. I'm not suggesting you should or shouldn't do it. All right, I got a last question for you. I want to say first, thank you for today. Exceeded my expectations and I had really big expectations.

• 1:04:28Tim Tebow?

  Thank you.

• 1:04:29Ed Mylett?

  Cause I love people and I want this time, I only do one a week, man. I do 52 of these a year. Really matters a lot to me that it makes an impact in people's lives. And I'm honored to sit in an hour like this where it makes me emotional. So I won't go any further, but I just know human beings' lives are being impacted around the world right now. And so I'm grateful for you.

• 1:04:52Tim Tebow?

  Thank you, man.

• 1:04:52Ed Mylett?

  Thank you.

• 1:04:57Ed Mylett?

  Last thing, why don't you talk about whatever you want here at the end, but you do talk about the importance of being intentional, especially in terms of faith and living an intentional life. I wonder what that means to you, what advice you would give people about living in a more intentional existence?

• 1:05:14Tim Tebow?

  That's a, that's a really

• 1:05:18Tim Tebow?

  deep question. I think so many times in life.

• 1:05:26Tim Tebow?

  We let society and Mondays get in the way. Monday gets here and we're just right back of this race, keeping up with the Joneses and letting everybody say what we're supposed to do and what we have to do. And I gotta do all of these things. And it's like, well, if your convictions say that you need to go help people, have you ever taken a mission trip? Yes. If your convictions say that you need to do X, Y, and Z, have you done those things? Or have we constantly let things get in the way? And it's like, oh, one day. And I just feel like there has been so many times in my life, I've been way too much of a one dayer. One day I'm gonna do that. One day I'm gonna get to that. One day. And it's like, I don't know how many days I'm gonna have. So while I do have a day, I wanna get

• 1:06:11Tim Tebow?

  after it because this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. And for the callings and the responsibility of my life, I have to go after and pursue them. Or I'm saying, really, that's not as important on this day as what I'm doing. And I just, I don't want at the end of my life to be someone to look back and say, man, there were a lot of days where I just said, hey, one day I'll do that. But I never did it. And then ultimately, I'm looking back at regret because I just let life get in the way. And I said they're my convictions, but they didn't impact me enough to live by them. And so that would be maybe how it answered, trying to be intentional. You say

• 1:06:52Tim Tebow?

  you love people, but the greatest form of love is a choice. See, the Greeks had four different types of love, but the most admirable form of love was agape. And the best definition I've ever heard of agape is to choose people's best interests and act on their behalf. So when you love people, you say you love people, did we actually choose their best interests and act on their behalf? And so I would say, I wanna be intentional about that. Intentional about choosing people's best interests for the abuse, for the neglected, for the traffic, for the thrown away, for the areas I feel called. I wanna be intentional about choosing their best interests because I love them. And I don't want that to just be a saying

• 1:07:34Tim Tebow?

  that comes out of my mouth. I want it to be my heart posture. I want it to be my hands and my feet. I want it to be my life, where at the end of my life, I don't look back and say, I said I loved them, but I was actually just a one dayer, that one day was gonna get to it. And so really, I said it, but I didn't believe it. And, and there's been so many times in my, my life where I know I've, uh, uh, I've just missed the mark and I've let life get in the way and I've let pursuit of things and, and so many other things get in the way and I don't want to let those things get in the way. I know I continue to fall short and mess up, um, but, and so that's, you know, such a reason I'm so grateful for the grace of God that he picks us back up and he, he, um, you know, doesn't

• 1:08:17Tim Tebow?

  judge us by, uh, you know, our scars, but by Jesus's scars, you know, when we know him and what he did by us is, you know, that he sees us through his scars. And so we were made right with him because of the blood of the cross. And so, you know, but, but I'm, because I'm so grateful for that and thankful and want to live with humility of, of I've fallen short and messed up, but by the grace of God, I can get up and I can go show the world and help people with the days and the time that I have. So I don't end my days looking back saying, oh, what if, why didn't I? Because I didn't actually love you, because I didn't actually really love people. Then, you know, I, I don't want to finish my life saying that. I want to finish my life saying, you know, I, I know I messed up so many times,

• 1:09:01Tim Tebow?

  but man, with the race that was set before me, I ran and one day when I get to heaven, I don't want to get to heaven well rested. I want to get to heaven exhausted because millions of people around the world are starving, abused, beaten, neglected, thrown away. And for all of them, I want to get to them because I know that's a calling on my life. And if I don't accept that and run after it, then I'm either saying, God, I really didn't believe in, or I really didn't love them.

• 1:09:31Tim Tebow?

  And so that's how I would just say that I want to be intentional and it's, and it's

• 1:09:38Tim Tebow?

  and too many times I haven't been enough.

• 1:09:40Ed Mylett?

  Me too. But you inspire me to want to be more.

• 1:09:46Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, not a lot of times I've not had something to say when we're done. I mean it. Uh, there's a lot of goosebumps all over my body. There's some people in life that are motivational and I appreciate that. There's other people that are so inspirational and they speak in spirit. You definitely have a lot of that. You're motivational. You're inspirational. Rarely do I sit in the presence of people who are also aspirational people. And I see things in you, um, that I aspire to be more like. And so you not only motivated people today, you're inspirational, but there's an aspirational nature to your life so far, brother. And I'm in it now. If there's anything I can ever do for you to encourage you, to support you, to be there for you. I just want you to know I'm always that one phone call, one text message away.

• 1:10:30Ed Mylett?

  This was a truly remarkable hour, brother. And I'm so grateful for it. I want everybody to go get your book. I want to say it again because we just do this stuff. Mission Possible, One Year Devotional, 365 Days of Inspiration for Pursuing Your God-Given Purpose. You can go to timtebow.com and learn more about the Tebow, the Tim Tebow Foundation. And I just want you all listening to this today. Can you think of a human being you don't want to share this with? From a five-year-old young man or woman who's going to build their life to an 85-year-old person who's on the back nine and wants to be inspired as well. This was one of the all-time masterclass, great conversations about life. It just truly was. So, thank you, Tim.

• 1:11:09Tim Tebow?

  Thank you so much. Thank you for having me and for just the time and for the impact that you're making. Yeah, truly grateful.

• 1:11:16Ed Mylett?

  Brother.

• 1:11:16Tim Tebow?

  Thank you.

• 1:11:16Ed Mylett?

  First of many of these, I think.

• 1:11:18Tim Tebow?

  Let's do it, man. Let's do it.

• 1:11:19Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, hey, everybody. I love you. I just, uh, I'm so grateful to have been present for this hour. Please share the show like I know you will. God bless you all. Max out your life.