Tim Tebow

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 540. Former NFL Player on Masculinity | Tim Tebow · 21 Apr 2025 podcast

And the whole time I just had to ask though, I don't know why, I just felt like I had to ask, why did you leave when everybody was so excited to see the Americans? why did you leave? And Sherwin is the name of the boy with his feet on backward and looks at me and said, because our principal really wants to make a good impression and impress the Americans.

And I've been told my whole life that I'm not impressive. And I just knew that I was here now for a reason.

Yes.

They were. And I would say Sherwin radically impacted my life. But I also want to mention these two boys radically impacted my life too, because they weren't told to leave. They left because they were not going to leave Sherwin. So he didn't get to come to the group meeting. So he didn't get to come. He was shunned. He was there and they said, you need to leave so you don't disgrace everyone.

And they left too with him. And so then when I'm with them, our team comes and they've been looking for me. They found me in this bamboo hut. And they're like, Timmy, we gotta go. And I'm like, no, I'm never leaving. They're like, yes, you are. Let's go. And so as I'm getting ready to walk out, Sherwin says with such hesitation, but Timmy, would you carry me?

And I'm thinking like, dude, of course, like, yes, like no problem. So I pick him up. When I pick him up, one of his friends grabs a hand and the other grabs one of his feet and they hold onto him. They're so close. It made such a mark on me. And we walk out of the bamboo hut and there was some of our team and then some of the Filipinos.

And when I step outside carrying him, you could literally hear an audible gasp. And at first I'm thinking, what? Like looking around, but then I realized they were gasping because I was carrying the curse boy. And that's how they were still hearing, even though they'd also just heard the good news of the gospel, that God loves everyone. that every single one is fearfully and wonderfully made.

And I'm carrying him through some of the crowd and you could see some of the people like almost watch them contemplating, wait a second, is he cursed or is he loved and valuable as the Americans were telling us? And you see some don't know, but then finally one of the elders of the village as we're walking by walks up and puts her hand on his shoulder as to say sort of, you're now welcome here.

And then another one did it, another one, but still some would back off. Like we're not still sure. And then team saying, we gotta go. So we walk over to the Jeep and I set Sherwin down. I put his arms around his two friends and I get on my knees and I pray with these three boys.

And I tell him, I don't know when I'm gonna get to see you again, if I'm gonna get to see you again in the Philippines or if you'll get to see me in America, but I totally believe. One day I'll be able to see you in heaven. And Sherwin looks at me and says, which means brother, I can't wait to run with you in heaven. And it's a boy who's never walked a day in his life.

But somehow the first thought he had was, I can't wait to run with you in heaven.

I don't know. I so wish we would have been able to get back to that island and that village and meet him. But I do know now that many boys and girls in the Philippines, because of our amazing team and partners, that there's a hospital that cares for boys and girls just like him, that we bring them in from all over the country.

And many times they're wheeled in or carried in, but they get to walk out. And they get to be loved and cared for along the way. And I'm so grateful because that happened because of Sherwin.

I believe wholeheartedly that competitiveness is not the problem. It's where you steer it. Now, if that competitiveness is steered with the ultimate goal of just win or success or a game or championship, then you're missing the mark. And I don't even think those things are wrong. It's not that they're wrong, but are those first place in your mind and in your heart?

Can I back it up even to my birth? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Start at the beginning. I think that plays a lot into it. When in 1986, my dad was preaching in a remote village in the Philippines. And before he went on stage to preach, he just started to weep for all of the babies that were being aborted around the world. And just this almost uncontrollable weeping.

And my mom and dad had four kids at the time living in the Philippines. And as he was weeping, he felt God put it on his heart to have another child. And if it was a boy that God put on his heart, his name would be Timothy. which means honoring God. And he went home and told my mom that God had put this on his heart.

My mom's like, well, God didn't put it on my heart, so I don't know what you wanna do. But she started- Seems like she's really involved in the whole deal. She started to pray about it. And not long after, God put it on her heart. And not long after that, she became pregnant. At least they thought she was pregnant. But then some of the doctors said, no, it's not a baby, it's a tumor.

It's a massive fetal tissue. And then they found out, long story made short, it was a baby and they wanted her to have an abortion or it'll cost her her life and my life. And I'm just so grateful for my mom and my dad because in the middle of this, they trusted God and loved me and gave me a chance. And there was issues with the entire pregnancy. The placenta wasn't properly attached.

She had amoeba dysentery. She went into a coma, all sorts of different things in the pregnancy. And the doctor who finally helped my mom give birth had done this for thousands and thousands of women. And he looked at my parents and said, I don't know how your baby boy is alive because the placenta is barely attached. All of these issues. It's the greatest miracle that I've ever seen.

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