THE ED MYLETT SHOW - Navigate Adversity With Gratitude w/ Tim Tebow

Episode Date: February 21, 2023

“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 TEBOWTim 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.

This is the Ed Milach Show. 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 Tibo, welcome to the show, brother. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you for having me. We have so many friends and how many. I know we 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 it's really cool and it's quite an honor when so many people talk about you

the way that they do. Oh, wow. And thank you. And so many people talk about you the way that they do. Oh wow. And thank you. 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. Wow. And that's really cool. 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 know, you do in life life. You wanna 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 Tibo 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 in the minute. So tell them I that most probably would not know this. So about your mom's pregnancy with you. So my parents were in still our 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 preaching that night, travels back to where the family was and he told my mom, he said, you know, we need to have try to have another baby God put on my heart. And she's like, well, God didn't put it on my heart. You know, for these and she started praying about it not long after. I got really put on her heart not long after she became pregnant or at least they thought

she was pregnant. And then 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. And so try getting rid of that one. 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 me but dysentery that she had and the placento wasn't properly attached and all of this and so the doctor and they told my mom that she needed to have an abortion the whole time pretty much or it cost her her life and my life. And the doctor that helped her give birth had done it for over 35 years and was an expert at it.

had done it for over 35 years and was an expert at it. And when she gave birth to me, she just looked at her and said, I've been doing this for over 35 years. And I don't know how to me made it. It's the greatest miracle I've ever seen. And then as 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 give me a chance and trusting God and I'm just truly, truly grateful. Brother, that's remarkable. And my theory is that in life, this is why your new book is 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. 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 in lives he's touched, I believe it's because that he's been living consistently with the story he believes about himself. Well, when I was young, my parents, so many times would remind me, hey, your miracle, baby, God spared you for a reason, to have an impact, to do something special, to be able to help so many other people. And God didn't create you and spare you 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 that there is a lot to what you just said. But I also think that one of the greatest calls on my life, and maybe the greatest call on my

life, is to fight for people that can't fight for themselves. That's in so many different areas where I felt like God has really wrecked my heart. I 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, his village viewed him as cursed, as less than as insignificant. And he was a throw away to his village. But I knew that day that he wasn't a throw away to God and God was putting on my heart that he better not be a throw away to you. And so ever since that day, I probably have 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. Because 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 knew what it was like to also be vulnerable and weak and malnourished because when I was born I was malnourished but wait it for it really quickly and maybe got a place 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. I wish I hope people can feel what I'm feeling sitting three feet from you. I just watch your face change. You get really, really emotional when you're 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 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, there 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? 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 throw away, that you do have a purpose. And that purpose is probably to lift up other people in a unique way. You do that so remarkably well.

I curious, because 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? Because of what you just said. Because there's so many of us at times

that need to know that we have purpose. And missions is just another way of saying that. 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, is we are able to accomplish it. We're able to live that out.

And really in this devotional, it's two to five minutes. Every morning or every evening, just hop in it and it's really 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 got to remember, focus first on your occupation and get that raise. 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. That'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 is what we're going to give out. And that's just not even close because you know me conversations I've had and how many people that I've read about and seen that have reached a 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 gonna mean more. Yes! I just thought it was gonna 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 gonna be fulfilled.

Yes. And so I just wanna 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 it.

Absolutely. Yeah. And so to reshape on what matters, and then to be able to challenge challenge to challenge us to get uncomfortable. Yeah. 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. Mm-hmm. But when they're everything, then they're going to mean nothing. And then the third goal really was to encourage.

An encouragement just means to give support, confidence, or hope to. And right now, all of us need support, confidence, and hope. We really do. We need those things. And so, man, in the morning, if I could just maybe write something that people could say, you know what? I know it's not perfect. I know maybe I'm not where I want to be, but man, this is encouraging.

This helped me. This reframed a few of my thoughts today. This challenged me to say, okay, you know what today? I am going to be willing to get uncomfortable. I am going to go talk to that guy. I've never talked to. I'm going to go talk to that girl. I've never, I am going to give a little bit more than I was willing to give. I am going 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 situation where I think, you know, gosh, you know, impact and influence

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, you know? 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,

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. And I see God just showing up in those ways so much more, you know, and using, it's getting out of our comfort zone, being willing to do some of the things that maybe society is like, oh no, no, no, no, keep driving.

Keep going. 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 in fulfillment comes. Brother, amen. Like, I've done a lot of shows. impact and change in fulfillment comes. 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 why 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, and you're helping people on these, I just do it in small ways.

How do you measure bigger small? 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? And people ask me, they 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. So obviously you're a discipline, you have routines. People ask me about my morning routine, and it's changed over time. Sometimes I do a cold plunge. Sometimes I work out. Yeah, cold plunge is my other name. You're cold plunge too?

Yeah, absolutely. 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, 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 but that 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 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, 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 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. Yes. And it'll change everything. So I totally agree. I think one of the biggest ways to get out of a slump, out of a pity party is to get out of your comfort zone and help someone else. I have an agreement with one of my friends that when something bad would happen to me, that I wasn't going to do anything before I served. And I get cut from a team.

There'd be something disappointing. There would be a whatever. That 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. So much of what we do in our lives is about us and we finally change the focus in the narrative of not putting us first, but actually serving. There's something that drastically changes. I give you one story. I was at the University of Florida in my freshman year, we were fortunate to win a national championship. My sophomore year, we were blessed to win the highs

when I say we, because it's, you know, 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 literally break it down to best ever, you know, because we thought we had a chance to be that. We go undefeated, 12 and 0 through the regular season, get to the SEC championship game against Alabama one versus two. The year they were one we were two we upset them now this year we are one they were two and they upset us and

I'm competitive to the nth degree But it became more than a game for me and it affected me Hmm who I was really my identity And I took it was 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 know 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 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 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. And there's this waitress that comes up to our table and she looks so nervous. She's trying to say something and she's so nervous. I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to bother you. And I said, no, it's okay, what is it? And she just takes another 20 seconds to share it.

And she finally gets it out. There is 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 didn't know how to say it. Some things she's fighting. And 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 gonna get in trouble, but I'm so grateful that she had the courage to tell me because it changed my life.

They opened the doors and then comes walk in this young girl named Kelly Fawnen 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 an inspiration to me and so many people. And Kelly, it's really hard for her to to walk and take the next step. 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, because 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 manager 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 then I step back and we start talking I get to meet Kelly and I get to hear we start talking, I get to meet Kelly. 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 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 thankfully she said yes. And so the next morning my uncle took her out with her parents and her sister to get her address so she could be the bell of the ball. And then all of us went to dinner that next night before the red carpet in 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 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. And then we go into the red carpet. And we're walking down the red carpet. And the crowd's going crazy for it. They're cheering for her and all of this. And she just looks so happy, so joyful, so beautiful. As we walk down the red red carpet and then we go into our seats and and I think I was sitting literally like row one seat A and she's like right beside me and

and her family is near us and my family is right behind me and and I was up for for quite a few awards that year and maybe maybe six something like that I can't remember exactly, something like that. I can't remember exactly, but something like that. And man, I'll tell you what, the night was amazing. Gosh. 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, oh, it's OK.

You know, it's not about that. It's about Kelly. The second award starts at lose. It about that. It's about Kelly. The second award starts at loose. It's okay. It's about Kelly. Third award in at loose. All right, it sings a little bit, you know, you know, you're dated fourth or loose.

Fifth award, loose. 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 six award and as I'm sitting here, I can't even tell you what it's for. Right. But at the moment, you would have thought this is everything. And before they announce that my mom sitting behind me leans forward and she was resume my ear. Tell me, you already won tonight. You just don't get your

award to heaven. 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 the banquet the night before. 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 I finally refound joy and peace and and and Happiness but happiness in the right word 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. We went right back into it and tells us, reminded, until I was reminded. And that's 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, 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 of not other things are gonna fill our brain, fill our heart and they're gonna start to creep in. Not all together, but the creep and oh,

No, no, no, you need to put yourself first. Oh, no, no, no, no, you shouldn't be happy if you don't win. No, it's about you. Yep. No, it is about you. And all these things are gonna creep in over because that's what society tells us. It's so true, man.

It's about you. 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, they're 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. 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's so incredible. But I'm just so grateful that she reminded me on that day what really matters. And going back to what I was just saying about remembering is I think there's a reason why

And due to round of me Moses from my 22 times says to the Israelites remember do not forget What you have could imagine if God had had had rescued you and and parted to see and you like you would never have to say Tammy remember what happened right but instantly They started focusing on a lot of other things and forgot the goodness of God. 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-negotiable, 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 we get out of bed and we focus on those things,

then 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. Brother, that is one of the great stories. Like 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 Greg. It's not easy to give me goose bumps. Like it is just isn't right. I got like goosey everywhere because it's exactly true. You know, I think what a lot of people think, by the way, and I've thought this re when I ever say a lot of people when you're listening to 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 you're bliss, if you're service, if you're love, if you're faith is conditional on everything being dialed in in in your life right now, you're going to 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 got to be gratitude, you got gotta have gratitude. But I think listening to you and being with you, this is a real pattern and benchmark of your life, right? Gratitude. 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 every part of the study, but the 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. Yeah.

Well, I can write down one thing every day for 10. That's not a lot. 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. Yep. They were grateful for. Yep. Right. There's something to choosing. Gratfulness. It's so true. Not just feeling grateful. Choosing it. Because sometimes we don't feel like it. But I'm so grateful we don't have to live always by our feelings because feelings

are really fickle. And they come and go, man, do you know how many days you don't, when 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. Gosh, that's so true. It will be a roller coaster. You're going to have some awesome days. Man, I feel like it. I feel grateful.

But then you're going to have other days where you don't feel like it. Yep. And in those moments, what do we go back to? Can we still write down what we're grateful for? So good. Can we reframe our mindset? Can we find encouragement? Can we remember all of those things?

And Tim, you're listening to you? I don't know. 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 it's not about you. It's just like, I do this show because I love humans and I want joy and the love 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. It's also part of the, my book I read 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. 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. Isn't that really about perspective? What you're saying? 1 million percent. It's like I can't even example to you. You're gonna love this.

My mother-in-law Patricia is the most godly woman ever. She sees the Lord everywhere. You know that you know like your mom might be like they're 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. I was like, gosh, she's so polyad, I don't 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 matrix, her filter is defined. It's not even just gratitude to face. Thank you, Jesus. And she'll just feel she's constantly her matrix, her filter is to find, it's not even just gratitude to be honest with you, my mother-in-law is looking for the Lord everywhere. And she sees it everywhere. And you know what? She hasn't aged. Yeah. 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 has changed. 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 all miss? Who was it?

It was all miss. You know, your face just changed again, right? And this young man who has no business being this wise or this strong or this humble or this courageous at a young man. I mean, people forget when you're watching these college athletes because they run and look like grown men, these are still very young people. And I knew who you were, but yeah, there's another player. He talks about God.

That's great. Then I watched, I watched this press conference. I saw it live. And they tell what happens. This young man will probably play it on the YouTube or the audio here on the audio. I watched this press conference. I saw it live. Let me tell what happens. This young man will probably play it on the YouTube or the audio here on the audio. But 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. I'm extremely sorry. You know, we're hoping for an under-feet. It's season.

That was my goal. Something for us never done here. But I promise you one thing. A lot of good will come out of this. You will never seen any player in the entire country. Place heart is 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. God bless and he walks out 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

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 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 is not a part of life. It is. It's a part of life.

I think it's important because we're talking about gratitude and all this stuff. Right. But it's because there will 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 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. Maybe die before that happened. I didn't know that. Yeah, it was part of life. And so I had dreamed about this since I was a boy in Florida's never had an out of feed of season. So when and for about an hour, I was waiting for the press conference and I was sitting there and coach, my are sitting beside me and I keep getting emotional,

keep getting emotional because it just emit that much to me. And then as I go to do the press conference, my parents are walking that end, so I get emotional again, I have cool down again, and so then I go in and I answer all the questions, and then I want to, 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, 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 apologize twice. But then I just believe 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, right? Because 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 it 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 change, you learn, 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 and so I just wanted to to apologize and then

I wanted to say and see what's funny is people will sometimes quote and they'll be like, oh you promised you're we're going to win the national championship. I'm like I never said that. I can't make a promise that I don't know if it'll come true. And so I promised something I believe that could control. Mm-hmm. Was that I was gonna be the hardest work in 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. Let me ask you about that. I wanted to ask you this. You're an 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. What 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're a unique man. And somebody that I admire a great deal. And I'm curious for you, and I really, really wanna know this, hard work, people use that term.

You talk about it in the devotional too. Hard work. I don't, what does that look like to him? 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, 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? Of course, you would definitely measure it up against other people because that's against sometimes drive you. One of the things that I find fascinating is when you grow up, so 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 was Always I've kind of sit back and I want to say why?

Why is that important? Why is it important to be a hard worker? Yeah. And I think when you tell kids to work hard and there's no why behind it, it seems half-baked. You're right. 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 are you gonna find that thing in your life that you are because

I don't think that I was a I don't I wouldn't say that I was necessary hard worker. I would say that For so much of my life in sports. I loved it so much. I was necessarily a hard worker, I would say that 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 would drive me to go to the eighth degree. And I have two quotes on my on my wall when I was young growing up as one of them. 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 Shusefsky came on TV 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, I got, 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 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 trophies 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 wanna have a work ethic,

but I can get up in the middle of the night because I have a conviction that I wanna 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 wanna be so disciplined and to be a hard worker. That's just, it's so, there's no weight behind it.

Yeah. 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, that 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 did 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. So when we say, hey, we love something, we're passionate. Know what we're talking about. Oh my God.

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. Right? Yeah. That's 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 going to have, but man, we have it. 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. 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 show,

they're in 85 miles an hour. People are like level 26 on the treadmill right now. I'm ready to run through the deck of 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. Duh, duh, duh.

This is something that has to come from love. And 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 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 acknowledge you, and I want you to speak to this. 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 acknowledge you and I want you to speak to this. 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 what I try to look for, even in my friends, even in great leaders. Show me some of the lot of confidence, no humility.

We know what's going to happen to them. Show me with some of the 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 face of adversity. And one thing about you, and I want everyone to understand us, even if they didn't don't know this about you. If you're taking a lot of criticism in your life, bro, a lot 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 is 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 pick, it's one of 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. Now I'm going to go play baseball. Oh, Tim Teebles are 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're willing to do it and how important it is in life. Well, thank you for that. There's a lot to that. And I think I would start by going back to perspective of what we were talking about a minute ago. And I'll use the word boldness and the definition of that coming from the Greek would be to put it all online 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 are bold for your faith or courageous, and I would say, no, I wasn't. Maybe compared to a few, but to compare to my heroes? No. One of the reasons, like, my dad is such a massive hero of mine, because he did it in places where they said, if you tell people about the love of your God, we'll kill you. And he still did.

And for heroes of mine that are all over the world helping people and their life is on the line. That's the definition. You put it all on the line. That's the definition. You put it all online to do what is necessary. I've never had to do that. I've never had to do that. Yes, there's criticism. But when you regain that perspective,

what lens you're seeing out of, my life wasn't on the line. I mean, maybe to some people because it was public that my life'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, I even remember when I was a freshman in college and getting a little bit of more that? And I remember going to my dad and be like, bad man, if tell me people would just get to know me, dad, they would like me. And he was like, you know what?

Tell me they would because you're likable. But there's some people I don't want to even get to know you to like you. And I was also at the same time, I was reading a book about Winston Churchill that in a time in his life, the majority of the world didn't like him. And the ally thought he's going to 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 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, my personality at its course, I want people people like me. And I just, my personality at its core is, I want people to like me. I want to be friends.

And then I would kind of went through this process of trying to study. And I think God impacting my heart where I was like, man, although I really want people to like me, impacting my heart where I was like, man, although I really want people to like me, I kind of adjusted to, well, like is so superficial and fickle. You post something that they enjoy. They like it. You post something that might not understand or they might not agree with, and they instantly

just like you. So I kind of changed my framework to instead of liking and I would have to choose to do this It didn't feel like doing so 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 to click 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 and so it was like, okay, respect is a lot longer to earn, but it's going to last a lot longer as well. And so that was part of the framework. And then it was also, you know, a verse that

really impacted me was John 1633. And it's Jesus in the upper room talking to disciples. And he looks at him a time when they totally don't get a lot like me in my life. I just don't get it all. And he looks at them and says, for 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 framework of like, we're gonna have trials and tribulations.

And we're gonna look all over for peace, but it only comes in one person and it's the prince of peace. And we have a job to do. And that's to take heart. Another way to say that is to choose courage. Choose courage. And it's so fascinating that when you look at scripture, everywhere that word is used, take hearts,

Therseo 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 going to be easy. There's going to be trials and tribulations, but we want to have peace. It'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 putting in perspective that wait a second. This isn't that big a deal. Might feel like a big deal. Might feel because this 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. so going back to bonus putting it all online to do what is necessary. They're doing it I've never had to do it and if and if it came to it, would I be willing to I don't know that's the truth There's the reality as 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 bonus looks like and I've never had to do that And so I need to put in perspective of of I Don't know if I could or if I would I hope if it came to that I would but so I need to put in perspective of 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 and wow, Tim. You know, by the way, everybody must say one thing. He didn't know I was going to 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 always going to 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 an organ group of people or someone's gossiping

and say, Hey, I don't, I don't want to 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, getting up and saying as a young, young, young man that you're never going to see a team work this hard. These are standing up and being willing. So maybe you haven't done the things like your father, I agree with you, but I respect people in big, I respect people. In big way, I respect people,

I watch something in a restaurant the other day where I didn't know it was happening, but the table's being rude to this server. And then I didn't hear it, and the manager of the place came by, and usually what would a manager, well 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 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, they'll throw it away, which is what they were doing to that person over there. So thank you for that. 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. I agree. I was like, what? I know, seriously brother. Like that's how you know, like I'm like, I would love to go so much longer, but I do have a couple more things.

One of the things 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. Yeah, there were dreams of yours So you had an NFL dream and it ended probably you did a liked it to go on a little bit Before you wanted it to right yeah, and then you had a baseball dream Yeah, 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 were 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. Am I 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? 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 and like that? Yeah, really, really good question, really hard question to answer to, but I'll 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 going to regret the least one day? And what am I going to regret the least? I don't want to live a life of regret. I would

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. 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 or 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 pen drop. Like, what are you talking about? And then they don't say, do you love it? Are you passionate? Do you care about it? 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 thinking, but the finances, and so then

you won't make a lot of money, you won't make any money, you probably lose money actually. So then I'm going to choose, in my life life to make decisions on what other people think in finances. And I just don't think that's a reason we should make. Yes, sometimes we got to make choices and take care of our family. That's different. But this is an area where you're going after something you love as a reason or why you do it or other things that you're going after.

And I just don't think that 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, enjoy, 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. Yeah. And I didn't want to let my agents do that or let their opinion of what the world's gonna think

or even the media. And so you know when I made that decision, I did get a lot of criticism. And you know what are my responses? Is so you want me to go after things because you like it or you're passionate or you wanna do it. I wanna do what I feel like I love and I'm passionate about it

and I got to go live that out and do that and pursue that and enjoy that moment and I feel like if I didn't, then I want to live with a lot more regret than actually going to do that. So good. And I just think that maybe if that could encourage some of them, don't let other people make choices for you. Yeah, and also, what would you regret the least? Yeah.

You know, to go play baseball and maybe didn't go as far as you wanted it to. All right, maybe there's a little bit of regret with that. But how much more regret would you have had in your 60s? I said no. I'll never try. And I never know. I never know how many times, especially talking to kids now, well, oh my gosh, what are people going to say? Oh my gosh, what if I don't make it? Or oh my gosh, what if I fail? It's a possibility. You're ever going to run for office? I don't know. Anybody ever ask you that? Yes, yes. 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 with our foundation and the impact we're trying to make around the world. But, you know, I'll never say no to, I feel like that's what I'm called to. 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 for you. Thank wanna say first, thank you for today. Exceeded my expectations, and I had really big expectations for you. Thank you. Because 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. Thank you, man. Thank you. Last thing, when 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.

That's a really deep question. I think so many times in life, We let society and Mondays get in the way. Monday gets here. We're just right back at this race, keeping up with the Joneses and letting everybody say, well, we're supposed to do what we have to do. And I got to do all of these things. And it's like, well, if you're conviction, say that you need to go help people, have you ever taken a mission trip? Yes. And it's like, well, if you're conviction, say that you need to go help people, have you ever taken a mission trip? If you're conviction, 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 day or one day I'm going to do that. One day I'm going to 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 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, God, 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 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 a gope. And the best definition I've ever heard of a gope 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 interest and act on their behalf? And so I would say I want to be intentional about that. Intentional about choosing people's best interest for the abuse for the neglected for the traffic for the thrown away for the areas I feel called. I want to be intentional about choosing their best interests because I love them. And I don't want that. There should be a saying 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. We're at the end of my life. I don't look back and say, I said I love them, but I was actually just a one-dayer that one day was going to get to. And so really, I said it, 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 there's been so many times in my life where I know I've just missed the mark

and I've let life get in the way and I've let pursuit of things and so many other things get in the way. And I don't wanna let those things get in the way. I know I can tell you to fall short and mess up. 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, you know, doesn't judge us by, 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 I don't 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. And you know, I don't want to finish my life saying that. I want to finish my life saying, you know what? I know I messed up so many times, 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 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 it, or I really didn't love them. Gosh. And so that's how I would just say that I want to be intentional. And it's, bro. And too many times I haven't been enough. Me too. But you inspire me to want to be more. Yeah, not a lot of times I've not had something to say when we're done. I mean it, there's a lot of

goosebumps all over my body. 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 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. 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. 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 timtibo.com and learn more about the Tibo, the TimTibo 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 gonna build their life to an 85-year-old person who's on the back nine and wants to be inspired as well, this is one of the all-time masterclass great conversations about life. It just truly was.. Thank you Tim. 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 brother. Thank you first of many of these I think so Let's do it. Yeah, everybody. I love you. I just I'm so grateful to have been present for this hour Please share the show like I know you will God bless you all all. Max out your life. This is The End My Let's Show.