Tim Tebow Quotes:

If I didn't work as hard as I could, then I think it would be a bit like saying, 'God, thanks for giving me this ability, but I don't really care about it. I'm going to do something else, and I'm not going to work quite as hard.

Topics: Thinking, Giving, Care

You can be extremely bright and still have dyslexia. You just have to understand how you learn and how you process information. When you know that, you can overcome a lot of the obstacles that come with dyslexia. When you figure out how you learn, you can accomplish whatever you want.

Topics: Want, Information, Overcoming, Dyslexia

Mom used to quote Isaiah 64: about waiting on the Lord. It doesn't mean being complacent. It means understanding that he has a plan, and that we're not the ones in control. In the meantime, we need to strive to use our gifts and abilities fully.

Topics: Inspirational, Mom, Mean

You're going to have injuries, danger and glory in every sport. What makes football unique is that every person on that team needs to count on everybody else. It's the ultimate team game and you have to depend on your coaches, you have to depend on your support staff, you have to depend on your teammates.

Topics: Sports, Football, Team

Success comes in a lot of ways, but it doesn't come with money and it doesn't come with fame. It comes from having a meaning in your life, doing what you love and being passionate about what you do. That's having a life of success. When you have the ability to do what you love, love what you do and have the ability to impact people. That's having a life of success. That's what having a life of meaning is.

Topics: Doing What You Love, Impact, People

The media will make a controversy out of anything, if they can.

Topics: Media, Controversy

Just keep believing. This is an opportunity where great things can happen and lets be great right now.

Topics: Believe, Opportunity, Keep Believing

I am competitively aggressive. My dream since I was a young boy was to be an NFL quarterback. I am living that dream.

Topics: Dream, Boys, Nfl

And so I look at it as a relationship that I have with him that I want to give him the honor and glory anytime I have the opportunity. And then right after I give him the honor and glory, I always try to give my teammates the honor and glory. And that's how it works because Christ comes first in my life, and then my family, and then my teammates.

Topics: Opportunity, Giving, Honor

I don't really regret much. I know there are things that I've done that have been wrong, and wish I could do over again, but I feel it's all made me who I am today, and I'm very thankful for that.

Topics: Regret, Who I Am, Wish, Very Thankful

But - but the greatest way to witness is by walking that straight and narrow and also realizing that you're going to mess up. That's what grace is for. We're going to fall, but we've got to get back up. And you've got to improve. And that's what I'm all about.

Topics: Fall, Grace, Way

One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.

Topics: Sports, Football, Brother, Sports Team, American Football

As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself.  And you have to believe in the people who believe in you.

Topics: Believe, Athlete, People

I think sports media really do need to think about the world in more humble terms. Not everything is the game of the century, and not everything is life or death.

Topics: Sports, Humble, Thinking, Life Or Death

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

Topics: Getting Back Up, Lost, Knocked Down

When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.

Topics: Believe, Mean, People

I don't try to focus on anything that doesn't affect me personally and how I go out there every single day. I'm just going to continue to work hard and focus on what I can control.

Topics: Hard Work, Focus, Trying

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

Topics: Fields, Competitors, Meetings

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

Topics: Football, Fun, Player

Don't worry about what you can't control.

Topics: Worry, Things You Can Control

I rely on a lot of green drinks to get my vegetables.

Topics: Vegetables, Green, Drink

My relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important thing in my life. So any time I get an opportunity to tell Him that I love Him or given opportunity to shout Him out on national TV, I'm gonna take that opportunity. And so I look at it as a relationship that I have with Him that I want to give Him the honor and glory anytime I have the opportunity.

Topics: Jesus, I Love Him, Opportunity, Given Opportunity

If someone is there to believe in you, to care about you and support you, amazing things can happen.

Topics: Believe, Support, Care

The lows are disappointing but that makes the highs much sweeterThat's what drives you to compete.

Topics: Disappointing, Lows

I have so many things to work on, and so many ways that I fail. But that's what grace is all about. and I constantly wake up every morning trying to get better, trying to improve, trying to walk closer to God.

Topics: Morning, Grace, Trying

You just try to be nice to everybody and treat them all the same. Treat them how you would want to be treated.

Topics: Nice, Trying, Want

I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Thinking, Blessing, Perspective

If you believe, sometimes unbelievable things are possible.

Topics: Believe, Unbelievable Things, Sometimes

I don't know what my future holds, but I do know who holds my future.

Topics: My Future

It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.

Topics: Outspoken

I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback.

Topics: Dream, Nfl, Relentless, Relentless Pursuit

Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs.

Topics: Strong, Leader, Benefits, Strong Leaders

Don't be normal. Be an example.

Topics: Example, Normal

There are several things that keep me grounded and focused... When you can humble yourself to say 'I'm no more important than anyone else. I just have a gift.'

Topics: Humble, Important, Grounded, Humble Yourself

I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.

Topics: Determination, Attitude, Work Ethic, Naysayers

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

Topics: Humble, People, Way

We can control a few things: our attitude, our effort, our focus and how we go about treating our teammates.

Topics: Attitude, Focus, Effort

I want to make someone's life better because I'm here. If you have that attitude it will change your day and change your life.

Topics: Attitude, Want, Changing Your Life

If you believe, then unbelievable things can sometimes be possible.

Topics: Inspirational, Believe, Unbelievable Things

I'm just another guy starting out.

Topics: Guy, Other Guys, Starting

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

Topics: Taken, Athletic, Heartbeat, Athletic Ability

If you're married, and you have a wife, and you really love your wife, is it good enough to only say to your wife 'I love her' the day you get married? Or should you tell her every single day when you wake up and every opportunity? And that's how I feel about my relationship with Jesus Christ is that it is the most important thing in my life.

Topics: Jesus, Opportunity, Wife, Love Your Wife

Honestly, I'm just trying to do the best I can with every opportunity I'm given, and when I'm given the opportunities make the most of them.

Topics: Opportunity, Trying, Given

Talk about your blessings more than you talk about your burdens.

source: - Twitter post from Apr 03, 2014

Topics: Blessing, Burden

You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal…Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it’s a loser’s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else.

source: - Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “Through My Eyes”, p.16, Harper Collins

Topics: Winning, Games, Trying, Jesus Inspirational, Following The Crowd

When you die there's going to be a tombstone. It's going to have your name. It's gonna have the year you're born and the day you die. In between there's going to be a dash. And that dash is going to represent everything you did in your life, good and bad. That's how you're remembered. What do you want your dash to represent?

Topics: Good Life, Tombstone, Years

For me, my goal is to be able to impact as many people as possible for something good, for something right; to be able to leave a legacy of something bigger than myself - not for winning games, not for scoring touchdowns, but that Jesus Christ has changed my life. You can love God, and you can love people. There's more to this world than money, fame, and power. You can have an impact, no matter who you are; no matter what platform. No matter how big or small of a role model, there's someone watching you. There's a life that you can change. There's a life that you can impact.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Jesus, Winning, People

Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score.

Topics: Heart, Giving, Effort, American Football

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

Topics: Attitude, College, Worry

It's not the dreamers that are remembered, it's the doers.

Topics: Dreamer, Doers, Remembered

Along the way there's going to be a lot of obstacles, a lot of adversity, a lot of people who will tell you you're not good enough. I'm here to tell you that you are. Everyone that tells you that you're not is because they didn't accomplish something.

Topics: Adversity, People, Not Good Enough

I'm blessed, because of my faith, that I don't have to worry about the future because I know who holds my future.

source: - "Tim Tebow released by New England Patriots" by Steve Busfield, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2013.

Topics: Blessed, Worry, My Future

I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the grace of God.

Topics: Fall, Perfect, Grace, I'm Not Perfect

Where we start to lose it is when we start to grasp onto what we think is ours. No, this is mine. No, that's my career. That's my money. That's my platform. But really, no, it's yours, God. It's not mine. You might lend it to me for a little while. You might let me hold onto it. You might let me use it for a little bit, but that's not mine; it's yours. Thank you for letting me use that for a little while. I think that's what staying grounded means.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Mean, Thinking, Let Me

On the field I'm trying to play for the glory of God but then also I'm trying to give everything I have and win and compete. And so I think more than just winning or losing, I think He cares about where our hearts are when we're playing.

source: - "Tim Tebow Discusses Faith and Football in the No Spin Zone". The O'Reilly Factor, www.foxnews.com. June 03, 2011.

Topics: Heart, Winning, Thinking

People often seem to think that when you're following the Lord and trying to do His will, your path will always be clear, the decisions smooth and easy, and life will be lived happily ever after and all that. Sometimes that may be true, but I've found that more often, it's not. The muddled decisions still seem muddled, bad things still happen to believers, and great things can happen to nonbelievers. When it comes to making our decisions, the key that God is concerned with is that we are trusting and seeking Him. God's desire is for us to align our lives with His Word and His will.

Topics: Thinking, Keys, People, Happily Ever After

No matter what happens, you're always going to have those critics and those haters. You just have to learn how to deal with that. I think I have and accept that.

Topics: Thinking, Matter, Accepting

I don't know that I am a great leader at all, I just know I really care about what I do.

Topics: Leader, Care, Great Leader

Regardless of what happens, I still honor my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, because at the end of the day, that's what's important, win or lose. ... We need to get back to one nation under God, and be role models for kids.

Topics: Jesus, Kids, Winning, One Nation Under God, Win Or Lose

I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

source: - "Tim Tebow Discusses Faith and Football in the No Spin Zone". Interview with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. June 03, 2011.

Topics: Christian, Perfect, Get Better, I'm Not Perfect, Christian Life

For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and thank the Lord for all the blessings he's put in my life.

Topics: Humble, Blessing, Opportunity

It's pretty easy for me to say that the most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus Christ, followed by my relationship with family. And football's later on down the line.

source: - "Tim Tebow Says Football Comes After Faith and Family" by Suzan Clarke, abcnews.go.com. April 13, 2012.

Topics: Football, Jesus, Important

I think staying grounded is one of the hardest things we'll ever do in our lives. It's always back and forth. To be able to stay grounded, we need to live with open hands that everything that we have has been given to us by the creator of this universe. He can take it, and he can give it back to us. He can take some things, and he can give us new things. When a door closes, a new one is going to open.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Thinking, Giving, Universe

I feel like the closest that we get to fulfilling our calling is making a difference in other people's lives. I feel like it's different for everybody. Our purpose and our calling are different. We're all called to do different things. But some way, somehow, it has to be impacting other people. If not, what are you doing? How does it have an impact? How does it have an eternal impact? It has to be investing in other people, somehow making a difference in their lives. When we do that, I really believe that we'll fulfill why we're here and what we're supposed to do.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Believe, People, Making A Difference

If you believe then unbelievable things can sometimes be possible.

source: - "Tim Tebow 'God's QB,' But Does God Care About Football?" by Christine Thomasos, www.christianpost.com. December 13, 2011.

Topics: Inspirational, Believe, Unbelievable Things

We all know of people who thought they could to it (whatever “it” is) tomorrow. We have all procrastinated on such a way, and often to our personal regret. It happens time and again, putting off things that we convince ourselves might be better, more meaningful, more appropriate for another time. So often that better time either never comes or really isn’t better or more appropriate after all. And then, sadly, the window of opportunity -to do something great- closes.

source: - Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “Through My Eyes”, p.10, Harper Collins

Topics: Meaningful, Regret, Opportunity, Window Of Opportunity

For me, it's to be able to see that every life matters. Every life matters - no matter where, no matter how big, no matter how small. I've been able to see that in so many of the trips that we've taken around the world. That's been something that's been so eye-opening to me. I share that concept with everyone I come in contact with, so that we can unite around people. We can unite around one nation under God here, and we can unite that everybody matters. I think in this day and age right now, it's important. People need to be able to see something bigger than themselves.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Taken, Thinking, People

I try to learn from every experience, good or bad.

Topics: Football, Trying, American Football

Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my faith isn't just a little piece of my life. It is my life. It's not a question of whether I'm outspoken about it or not. I'm definitely not ashamed of it.

Topics: Who I Am, Pieces, Littles

Whatever avenue I feel like I can make a difference in, I'd love to do.

source: - "Tebow's drive: To make a difference". Interview with Rich Cimini, www.espn.com.au. September 18, 2012.

Topics: Differences, Making A Difference, Feels

I want to use my connections with coaches, players, celebrities, whomever, and if I can take that friendship and use it to help someone else, I'm going to take advantage of that. I'm not going to apologize for that.

source: - "Q&A with Tim Tebow: On his autobiography, competing to be a starter and his bachelor status". Interview with Gene Frenette, jacksonville.com. February 21, 2011.

Topics: Player, Connections, Use

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Topics: Motivation, Negativity, Stronger

I'm so thankful because of my relationship with Jesus Christ and being adopted in the family of God that I don't have to live the highs and the lows and the roller coaster that the rest of the world lives, because I know where my identity lies. My identity lies as a child of God, and that's something that will never be shaken.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Jesus, Children, Lying, Child Of God

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another

source: - Tim Tebow (2016). “Shaken Bible Study: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms”, p.47, WaterBrook

Topics: Inspirational, Men, Iron

I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can.

Topics: Responsibility, Different, Share

I grabbed my mom and I went to the couch and I said, 'Mom I want to ask Jesus to come into my heart.' And I got on my knee and I asked Jesus to come into my heart, forgive me of my sins, and make me a child of God.

Topics: Mom, Jesus, Children

In those places of doubt and even darkness I've realized that who I am has nothing to do with wins or losses, applause, or negative criticism. It has to do with whose I am.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Loss, Winning, Darkness

During tough times I can always go back to it and find encouragement. The Bible tells us what God says about us. In it, we read about how much he loves us and that he's got a plan and a purpose for our lives.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Encouragement, Tough Times, Purpose

To have a firm foundation as a child of God is something that so many people are longing for and wanting because they're searching for something more. There's got to be more out there. What is it? Well, I can tell you what it is. It's a relationship with the God of this universe, who loves you so much. That's what is it. That's what you're searching for. That's what you're longing for, and that's what you need.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Children, Love You, People, Love You So Much

When I meet somebody I want to leave a better impression than when I got there.

Topics: Want, Impression

It's attractive when girls have faith. That is a big thing for me.

Topics: Girl, Have Faith, Attractive

The more divided people of color are in a system of white supremacy/privilege, the weaker they will be, both individually and collectively.

Topics: Color, White, People, White Supremacy

I think our culture right now is a culture that's trying to find itself. They're trying to figure out what is it? Is it social media followers? Is it trying to be popular? Is it money? Is it fame? Is it power? They're searching for identity and so many of us have been there, and we'll get back to that place of what is our identity? Who are we? More importantly, whose are we? For me, I find my identity in a relationship with Christ.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Thinking, Trying, Identity

Church is the people that we get to do life with. It's the people that have courageous conversations with us. It's the people that love us. It's the people that invest in us. It's the people we get to do life with. And we also get to share with them. It's being able to have those people in our lives who we're able to inspire and they're able to inspire us. When we're down, they pick us up. When they're down, we pick them up. Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Men, People, Inspire, People In Our Lives

I'm a people pleaser by nature, and I want to make everybody happy. But at the same time, it's not fulfilling to make everybody happy. What's fulfilling is to stand for something that's right. Now that doesn't mean you're going to be perfect. We're going to fall and we're going to mess up every day, but we can at least try to stand for something. When you stand for something, then you won't fall for everything else around you.

source: - Source: www.biblegateway.com

Topics: Fall, Mean, People

If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.

Topics: Football, Believe, Player

I guess, first and foremost, I'd like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

source: - "ABC's Surprisingly Positive Take on Tim Tebow: 'Inspired,' 'Lifted Up,' 'Strengthened'". NBC's Today, www.newsbusters.org. December 13, 2011.

Topics: Jesus, Firsts, Christ, Savior Jesus

I try to stay centered in my faith and my family and the close people around me.

source: - "Tim Tebow Reveals Personal Vices, Keys to Staying Grounded in New Interview" by Sophie Schillaci, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 13, 2012.

Topics: People, Trying, My Family

There's always someone out there training for your spot. For my scholarship at the University of Florida, for my job with the Denver Broncos, for my position with the New York Jets. And that's the reason to get up earlier or stay up later.

Topics: Jobs, New York, Florida, Broncos

Outside of football and training, I am somewhat of a homebody. Love hangin' out with my siblings and close friends.

Topics: Football, Sibling, Training, Homebodies

Love ice cream. I let myself have that about once a week. Vanilla.

Topics: Ice Cream, Vanilla, Week

My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.

source: - "Does God Have a Tim Tebow Complex?" by Jason Fagone, www.gq.com. August 10, 2009.

Topics: Dream, Quarterback, Whole Life

If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a setback, then when you have an injury, you're not playing, or something goes wrong, your self-worth goes down.

Topics: Self Worth, Winning, Championship, Touchdowns

To be able to influence someone or to be able to have a group of guys come together to have a successful team and to be together all the time every day for, you know, a year and longer together, you have to have a - find a common ground. And that common ground for us is football.

source: - "Tim Tebow Discusses Faith and Football in the No Spin Zone". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. June 3, 2011.

Topics: Football, Team, Successful, Successful Team, Common Ground

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.

Topics: Football, Play

If I’ve already thought through a situation and have a response prepared ahead of time in the event temptation rears its ugly head, it is that much easier to resist.

Topics: Temptation, Events, Ugly

Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another. It's happened in the USA between white working class and poor folks on the one hand, and people of color on the other.

Topics: Hands, Color, Class

I'm going to listen to John Elway. He knows what he's talking about.

Topics: Talking, Knows

I believe in my God-given athletic ability and the coaches that have been blessed around me. I believe I can do the job as a quarterback in the NFL.

Topics: Jobs, Believe, Blessed, Athletic Ability

We play a sport. It's a game. At the end of the day, that's all it is, is a game. It doesn't make you any better or any worse than anybody else. So by winning a game, you're no better. By losing a game, you're no worse. I think by keeping that mentality, it really keeps things in perspective for me to treat everybody the same.

Topics: Sports, Winning, Thinking, Losing A Game

You’ve got to worry about the next play…Keep believing because people aren’t always going to like you but you have to believe in the people around you…You’re going to get knocked down but it’s how many times you get back up.

Topics: Believe, Play, People, Next Play

I don't judge my success in life as a football player.

Topics: Football, Player, Judging

I definitely consider myself extremely blessed to have great partners in endorsing products. It's not about being on billboards. I endorse something because I believe in it.

source: - "Q&A with Tim Tebow: On his autobiography, competing to be a starter and his bachelor status". Interview with Gene Frenette, jacksonville.com. February 21, 2011.

Topics: Believe, Blessed, Partners, Billboards, Endorsing

I'm blessed to have a little bit of success in football.

Topics: Football, Blessed, Littles

I don't have to live the roller coaster other people live with my life. It's hard because people try to have an effect.

Topics: People, Trying, Roller Coaster, Coasters

I just try to work hard and run the offense as good as possible. I had a lot of guys around me who made a lot of good plays to help me out.

Topics: Running, Hard Work, Play

My passion is kids, more than just kids is underprivileged kids and orphans.

Topics: Passion, Kids, Orphan, Just Kids, Underprivileged

I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday.

Topics: Sunday, Organization, Giving

I really try to enjoy life and have joy with what I do.

source: - "Tim Tebow Reveals Personal Vices, Keys to Staying Grounded in New Interview" by Sophie Schillaci, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 13, 2012.

Topics: Enjoy Life, Joy, Trying

So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride - that's everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can humble ourselves.

Topics: Humble, Humility, Pride, Humble Yourself

I think you sign up to win games, and compete, and go out there and lead a team no matter how you can do that.

Topics: Team, Winning, Thinking

I always love training at crazy times - it's an edge I'm creating over everyone else.

Topics: Crazy, Creating, Training, Crazy Times

I know there are a lot of people who believe in me as a player and a person, and I don't want to let them down.

Topics: Believe, Player, People

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.

source: - Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “Through My Eyes”, p.9, Harper Collins

Topics: Ink

Helping raise money for kids - there's nothing better than that.

Topics: Kids, Helping, Raises

My No. 1 focus was on my foundation, the Tim Tebow Foundation, to bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in the darkest hour of need.

source: - "Tim Tebow Discusses Faith and Football in the No Spin Zone". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. June 3, 2011.

Topics: Focus, And Love, Foundation, Faith Hope And Love, Hope And Love

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.

source: - Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “Through My Eyes”, p.9, Harper Collins

Topics: Cutting, Glowing, Bones

You know, I think He honestly does care about how we play on the field, more than anything more than win or lose our hearts on the field.

source: - "Tim Tebow Discusses Faith and Football in the No Spin Zone". The O'Reilly Factor, www.foxnews.com. June 03, 2011.

Topics: Heart, Winning, Thinking

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.

Topics: Curves, Years, Games, Learning Curve