FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK, TIM
TEBOW.
>> KATH, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO
CATCH UP WITH HIM.
YOU LUCKY GIRL.
>> TIM AND I HAVE NEVER CROSSED
PATHS BEFORE BUT I WAS VERY
EXCITED TO MEET HIM.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIS UNIQUE
CHILDHOOD, HOW HE GOT INTO
SPORTS AND HIS FAITH WHICH IS
SUCH A GUIDING FORCE IN HIS
LIFE.
TAKE A LOOK.
TIM TEBOW BURST ON THE NATIONAL
STAGE IN 2012 LEADING THE DENVER
BRONCOS TO AN UNLIKELY PLAYOFF
VICTORY.
AND NATIONAL CHAMPION AND
HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER IN
COLLEGE.
QUITE A FEAT FOR THE SON OF
MISSIONARIES.
>> HOW DID HE GET TO BE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA?
WHERE DID YOU LEARN FOOTBALL IF
YOU WEREN'T IN REGULAR SCHOOL.
>> I GREW UP PLAYING POP WARNER,
PLAYING ALL OF IT.
IN 1999 THEY PASSED A LAW SAYING
ANY HOME SCHOOLER COULD PLAY IN
A SCHOOL AT HIS HEAR OVER AREA.
IT WAS AUSUCH A BLESSING AND WE
COULD PURSUE OUR PASSION IN
SPORTS.
>> FAMOUSLY SEEN ON SIDELINES TO
TAKE A KNEE TO PRAY DURING
GAMES.
>> THE COURAGE YOU HAVE TO STAND
UP AND BE AS BOLD AS YOU ARE FOR
YOUR FAITH IN A WORLD WHERE WE
TALK ABOUT TOLERANCE SO MUCH,
THERE'S SO MUCH INTOLERANCE FOR
A PERSON LIKE YOU.
AND SOMETIMES LIKE ME.
WHY DO YOU SNNG.
>> WELL, I'LL TELL WHAT, IF
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
THAT'S GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT OR
HAS DONE IT ALL RIGHT THEY'RE
LOOKING AT THE WRONG PERSON.
I'VE MADE SO MANY MISTAKES AND
I'VE MESSED UP AND I'LL CONTINUE
TO MESS UP.
NOT BECAUSE I WON'T TRY BUT
BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN.
AND WE'RE FORGIVEN.
WHAT WE CAN FOCUS ON IS LIFTING
PEOPLE UP.
MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IN LIFE IS TO
SHOW THE LOVE OF JESUS.
A LOT OF TIME IT'S NOT BY MY
WORDS.
IT'S BY MY ACTIONS.
EVERY SINGLE DAY TRYING TO BE
SOMEONE THAT'S SMILING AND
LOVING AND ENCOURAGING.
>> IT WAS ALSO TIM'S FAITH THAT
LED HIM TO WRITE HIS NEWEST
BOOK.
>> I CAME UP WITH THE TITLE
BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE.
SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT
THE WORLD IS GOING TO SAY ABOUT
THEM.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT WHAT GOD
SAYS ABOUT YOU.
I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR ATHLETES IN AMERICA AND
CUT THE SAME YEAR.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THAT
HURT DEFINE YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BRING WITH
MY WRITING, WITH MY SPEAKING IS
THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO BELIEVE IN
PEOPLE, TO LOVE PEOPLE, TO
CONVINCE THEM THAT THEY MATTER.
>> THE PASSION YOU HAVE, WOULD
YOU EVER BECOME AN E -- --
>> THAT'S SOMETHING LORD WILLING
IMABLE
I'M ABLE TOO DO FOR THE REST OF
MY LIFE.
>> TEBOW IS NOT READY TO HANG UP
HIS CLEATS JUST YET NOW GIVING
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL A SHOT.
>> I KNOW A MINOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL.
THAT CAME AROUND.
>> BASEBALL WAS REALLY MY FIRST
LOVE.
IT WAS SOMETHING THEY FELL IN
LOVE WITH WHEN OUR FAMILY MOVED
BACK FROM THE PHILIPPINE.
>> YOUR FIRST AT BAT WAS THE
FIRST PITCH A HOME RUN, RIGHT?
>> THE FIRST AT BAT I HIT A HOME
RUN, YEAH.
>> THAT HAD TO FEEL LIKE MAYBE I
HAVE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
>> IT DID FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT MIGHT NOT BE
THE MOST GLAMOROUS THING TO GO
PLAY MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT
I'M LOVING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY
AND TO ME THAT IS PRETTY
SPECIAL.
>> BEFORE TAKING OFF, I NEEDED
TO TEST OUT TIM'S SKILLS
FIRSTHAND.
>> MAKING YOU RUN FOR IT.
>> IS THAT YOUR ATHLETIC STANCE?
>> DID ANYBODY GET THAT?
THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> I'M BEING TEBOWED AND I LIKE
IT.
>> OKAY.
THAT -- BY THE WAY, THAT WAS
ADORABLE.
>> THAT WAS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T
GET TO THE FIELD, SO WE HAD TO
COVER -- CLIMB OVER.
SO HE CAME -- LOOK, THERE IS HE.
HE CAME OVER AND GOT ME.
>> BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
>> YES.
AND I SAID I WONDER IF HE LOVES
63-YEAR-OLD WOMEN?
I ALSO ASKED HIM, I SAID DO
MOTHERS AND FATHERS COME UP TO
YOU ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND SAY
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MEET MY
DAUGHTER?
HE SAID A COUPLE.
HE IS ONE OF THE -- I TOLD YOU,
ONE OF THE FINEST YOUNG PEOPLE I
HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
WHAT A BLESSING THAT YOUNG MAN
IS.
HE GIVES ME FAITH FOR THE
FUTURE.
HIS BOOK, "WHO YOU KWN ARE AND LIVE
LIKE IT MATTERS."
NOT JUST FOR HOME SCHOOLED, BUT
WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.
>> WHEN YOU WATCH HIM IN THOSE
STILL IMAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES
AND HELPING YOUNG KIDS AND
LIFTING THEM UP.
YOU TELL.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> IF HE EVER WANTS A HOME
COOKED MEAL HE CAN COME TO THE
GIFFORD FAMILY.
>> COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO
REVEAL THE TOP SUMMER MOVIES AND
HOW YOU CAN SEE THEM FOR FREE
MAYBE.