“They drastically impacted my life while I was growing up, and still do to this day. My greatest role models are my parents, not just because of what they told me but because of what they showed me,” he said. “Being able to live that out, authentically, in front of me—you know, when you’re around someone every day, you can’t fake it.”
He continued, “And I saw the highs, the lows. I saw when they didn’t have any money, when people were badmouthing them, and when things were good. My mom made Christmases very special even when we had next to nothing.”
“It was so inspiring and also so contagious. When I wasn’t like that in my own life, I wanted to be like that. I wanted to have faith like that,” he added. “I wanted to go after things that truly matter like that. I just wanted to be, every day, a little more selfless like that.”
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“My dad would always tell us when we were young was, ‘People who love what they do and are passionate about it are contagious.’ And my dad was contagious because his work was so real,” Tebow said.
“And still, to this day, my dad, who has Parkinson’s now, and is just fighting through so much adversity—he’s still, to this day, on a mission,” Tebow explained. “He never wavers. If you ask him, in the middle of so much pain, ‘Dad, how are you doing?’ he’ll only give you one answer.”
“He’ll say, ‘I’m blessed,’” Tebow shared, “so even today, he is a role model for me.”
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