I know that we're both animal lovers.
My girl's Isaboo, your baby's Bronco.
Did you bring me a picture?
You have some moving pictures of the baby?
Better, I got a video.
(Rachael screams) (audience laughs)
Where's the baby?
He's coming.
This was me surprising him
after not seeing him for Awwwww!
(crowd oooohs)
all of baseball season.
This is after several months of not seeing him.
Oh look at how excited he is.
Oh, and who is the other puppy?
That's a friend of his that were having a play date.
Awww. They were having a play date.
Bless! Awww.
We gotta send a doggie bag home for Bronco, please.
Our team is on it.
Doggie bag for Bronco.
(audience cheers)
Okay, so Tim, this is number four, right, this book?
Mm hmmm.
Number four, yup. (audience applauds)
And, he's a New York Times bestseller.
So, "This Is The Day".
I mean, it's kind of self-evident by the subtitle is,
"Reclaim Your Dream, Ignite Your Passion,"
and, "Live Your Purpose,"
but give us the bones of the book and what it meant to you.
What this project meant to you.
This book.
I feel like everyone has a dream,
has a passion, has a goal,
and I also believe everyone has a purpose
of why they're here, and I want to encourage people
to not listen to the naysayers, the doubters,
and all the reasons why you don't go after things,
but encourage people to go after their dreams,
to fight for what's right,
to have a life of meaning, significance, and purpose.
To have a life of meaning, I think, is big one for me.
Do you think every person is born with a specific passion,
or purpose, or can that be discovered at any point in life?
I think it can be discovered at any point in life.
Right?
And I think too often... And I think it can change.
Right, and I think too often in America, we are such
a kind of a youth oriented, you know,
we celebrate youth so much here,
that people forget that you get to live your whole life.
You do.
You can always become your next you, right?
That's exactly right,
and that's something that I want to encourage people with
is, you can also find that in anything that you do.
There can be purpose in anything you do,
and some people think,
"well, I don't have as significant of a platform or role,"
but you can find that purpose in whatever it is that you do.
And also, to encourage people to go after your dream,
to go after what's on your heart,
to go after what you think God has in store for you
and so you're a fighter, you're a believer.
You're not just living on your heels,
that person that wakes up
and you just can't wait to get through your day.
No! I want to wake up
and I want to Be grateful.
I want to thrive in may day.
(applause)
So, of course a person like Tim has a foundation.
Give everybody an update on it.
Well, it's called the Tim Tebow Foundation.
Wow! Very creative there Tim.
Yeah.
We really threw a mix in there.
No but, we have eight initiatives and some of our biggest is
we have a hospital where we take care of kids with illnesses
and we bring them in there free of charge.
We have a Night to Shine,
which you are seeing right now,
which is a world wide prom for people with special needs.
So this last year we had
Just think about what that means to bring in
children from all over the world with special needs
and let them have the prom night of everyone's dreams.
(applause)
It's my favorite night of the year,
but one of my favorite parts about Night to Shine
is that it's not just for high school age kids.
I mean, we've had people that are 80 years old
Wow! go to their first prom ever,
and be celebrated. Wow!
(applause) (audience cheers)
Is that your favorite night of the year?
Do you get to go to prom night every year?
It's not even close.
I didn't go to prom in high school so I'm getting it in now.
But, it is by far my favorite night of the year
and it's my favorite night
because we get to throw the biggest party,
in every city pretty much in the states
and 20 countries around the world.
And, for a lot of these kids, or some adults,
they've never been celebrated,
they've never been cheered for,
they've never been clapped for,
and we know what it's like,
and so many of you know what it's like,
but they've never been the recipient of an award,
of a prize, of walking down a red carpet,
and so, we're throwing the biggest red carpet
down the grandest stage,
(applause) (audience cheers)
to celebrate them. When I tell you,
Tim, that doesn't sound like something that's real,
it sounds like something that Disney made up
and put in a movie.
I think that's definitely one of your purposes
on this planet was to bring that to life.
It's life changing.
when someone realizes that they're worthy,
it's life changing.
(applause) (audience cheers)