Tim Tebow
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 23 Feb
Tim Tebow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We finish and we win, and two days after the game, I'm sitting in Ballyhoo Restaurant in Gainesville, Florida, with my mom and my dad and Coach Meyer, and we're having dinner. And I even think I was eating a piece of grouper at the time. Just that moment, and Coach Meyer gets a call, and he answers it, and it's Steve McClain, our PR guy. And Coach Meyer's always so intense.
He's like, uh-huh, what? What do you mean? And you know this? Really? Okay, bye. And I said, who's that? What's all it about? He said, this is the D. McClain RPR guy. I said, what did he say? He said, Tim, he just got the numbers back from the game. And he said, during the game, 94 million people Googled John 316. And I remember sitting there and just being so overwhelmed.
I guess on one hand, I was like, how the heck did 94 million people not know John 3.16? But the other one is I was just thinking, man, what a big God we serve. When I first started putting the eye blacks in the beginning of the year, I thought maybe someone with binoculars might see one. And it wasn't a a big step of courage or faith. It was tiny, tiny. It's nothing.
It was just putting a little eye black because I saw some of my teammates, you know, writing their area code or their mom's name on their eye black. And I thought maybe, you know, someone might be encouraged. And I even thought about putting God bless under my eyes, but I was like, oh, it might be too cheesy. So I did Philippians 4.13 and then I switched to John 3.16 and, and
And then I was just sitting there overwhelmed by what a big God we serve. And then I think it was the next day or something, another Sports Illustrated come out. And the focal point is John 3.16. And you're like, oh my goodness, God, you're such a big God. Well, that game, that national championship game was on January 8th of 2009. And exactly three years later,
To the date I wore it, I was playing for the Denver Broncos, and we were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL playoffs. And it was on January 8 of 2012, exactly three years later. I had no idea. Honestly, I really feel like there was so much of me that was just selfish in that moment. not all in the worst way, but some of it of just, man, I wanted to prove the doubters wrong.
I wanted to show them we could do this. I wanted to make a statement. I wanted to win for my team and the fans, my family, and all of this. And again, that's all wrong. But there was a piece of it that was just selfish for me. And I had no idea it was three years later from the day. play this game and we win in overtime. I still think it's the fastest overtime in NFL history and we win.
It's a real moment and it's just like, it's unbelievable and the crowd stays for well over an hour after the game going crazy and going to the locker room and I I change, and I got to go talk to the media, and I don't really want to. And right before I walk in this big room packed full of media, there's all these curtains out front.
And I'm standing in front, and Patrick, our PR guy, there steps in front of me. He said, Timmy, do you realize what happened? And I'm like, yeah. We just beat the Steelers. We're going to play the Patriots. He's like, yeah, I know what happened, dude. Like, why did you ask me such a silly question? And he goes, no. Do you know what happened? And I'm like, I thought I did. Patrick, what happened?
Because you could just see this different demeanor. And he said, Timmy, no, you don't know what happened. Timmy, it's exactly three years from the night that you wore John 3.16 under your eyes. And I'm like, oh, wow, that's awesome. That's so cool. And he said, no, no, no, you don't realize it. Timmy, during the game, you threw for 316 yards. And I'm like, what?
And he said, Timmy, during the game, your yards per rush were 3.16. Your yards per completion were 31.6. The ratings for the night were 31.6. And the time of possession was 31.6. And during the night over 90 million people have Googled John 316. It's the number one trending thing all over.
And I think he even mentioned something about there were so many people tweeting about it that like Twitter even froze or something like that. At least that was what I was told. And I was standing in that hallway And I don't think I had the reaction that a lot of people think I did. Because I went from a high and a celebration and a joy to a conviction and a disappointment. Why?
Because when he was telling me that, I knew that God was convicting me, saying, Timmy, you thought tonight was about a game. You thought it was about all of these things. It's never just about a game. I didn't die for a game. And I was so convicted, still grateful that God would use something, but convicted, man, my eyes were on the wrong thing. My heart was in the wrong place. I knew you.
I knew what you'd done. But still, my heart was here and my eyes were here. I knew the truth. I just wasn't focused on it. I was having all of these selfish ambitions and goals. And it was also this reminder, but I can even use it when your heart's not right. I can even use you.
I can use something that you did three years ago and started three and a half years ago, and you didn't even know that I was doing something. Because I honestly thought after three years, the first time, I just thought, man, well, that's cool. But you also think, that's cool, God, but it's done. And he's like, no, you have no idea what I'm doing. You have no idea. And I was just so convicted.
I didn't even want to walk into the media. Not that I really wanted to anyways. And then I go in there, and I'm answering questions. that so many of them, they want to ask me about it because it's buzzing. You can hear them even talking, but some of them kind of ask me to the side. They're like, oh, all of these, you know, numbers adding to three, one, six, three, one, six, three, one, six.
And a few of them to the side, they're like, oh, that's a big coincidence. Like they don't even want to ask in the microphone, you know? And, uh, and they're like, wow, what a, what a big coincidence, something like that to me. Coincidence? Yeah. And I said, that's what they call it. A few of them on like the side, cause they don't even ask it. And I said, uh,
well, we could believe it's a really big coincidence, or we could believe that we serve a really big God. And, um, just one of those, um, moments for me, and I think God used it for a lot of people, but I also think he was trying to teach me something too. And, um, That one, we have no idea what he's doing. But even when we know the truth, how easy our eyes and our heart can leave it.
And it was very humbling for me. And even going back and celebrating with my family and friends, and we had so many that were in town, it was a celebration with also a conviction that makes sense at the same time. And God's done so much of that. Even when I've told the story a few times on some different shows, it's gone viral on that.
And one of the first things that people mention when I'm in South Africa with my wife, John 3.16. And it's just so humbling that I could just be a part of it. But there's a piece of me that feels unequipped and like unworthy, that God would do some of that with it. I would say that the more I've been out of process, the more I could say, man, I'm so grateful and celebrate it.
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