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Tebow was born in the Philippines, where his family runs a mission and an orphanage. When the family moved to Jacksonville in 1990, his father, Bob, continued to run the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association. He has a staff of 40 running the mission and the orphanage of 50 children.
All the Tebows have made numerous trips to the Philippines on missions. "It's taught me that there are more important things than football," Tim Tebow says of his three trips and his experience preaching in schools, hospitals, marketplaces and prisons in the Philippines. "Their backgrounds are unbelievably heartbreaking. At the same time, these kids are 10 times more happy than most of Americans here. It gives you a different perspective."
Since Tebow arrived in Gainesville, he has received about 200 speaking requests across the country, from prisons to Boy Scouts. At two prisons where he spoke this offseason, Tebow says 195 inmates came forward and decided they wanted to change their lives and "receive Jesus Christ."
When his football career is over, he would like to follow his father in the ministry and work with children.
A framed poem in his off-campus apartment reads: "Little eyes are watching you." It's a reminder that children look up to him, just as he admired Danny Wuerffel, the former Gators quarterback who runs a ministry and school in New Orleans. "I think a lot of guys just take it for granted with the attitude of because I'm a football player, I'm special, I can do whatever I want," Tebow says. "Athletes influence so many people whether they realize it or not."
If Tebow seems too be good to be true, those who know him best say, "It's true." "He is that nice of a guy. He is that good of a guy," offensive coordinator Dan Mullen says.
Meyer at first was skeptical.
When he initially met Tebow, he wondered, "It can't be that good. Where's the chink in the armor? Your dad's a missionary and your mom's a teacher of five children at home. (All the Tebows were home-schooled.) C'mon, say a bad word or something. But they are very real people. It's legit. It really is."
All the Tebows have made numerous trips to the Philippines on missions. "It's taught me that there are more important things than football," Tim Tebow says of his three trips and his experience preaching in schools, hospitals, marketplaces and prisons in the Philippines. "Their backgrounds are unbelievably heartbreaking. At the same time, these kids are 10 times more happy than most of Americans here. It gives you a different perspective."
Since Tebow arrived in Gainesville, he has received about 200 speaking requests across the country, from prisons to Boy Scouts. At two prisons where he spoke this offseason, Tebow says 195 inmates came forward and decided they wanted to change their lives and "receive Jesus Christ."
When his football career is over, he would like to follow his father in the ministry and work with children.
A framed poem in his off-campus apartment reads: "Little eyes are watching you." It's a reminder that children look up to him, just as he admired Danny Wuerffel, the former Gators quarterback who runs a ministry and school in New Orleans. "I think a lot of guys just take it for granted with the attitude of because I'm a football player, I'm special, I can do whatever I want," Tebow says. "Athletes influence so many people whether they realize it or not."
If Tebow seems too be good to be true, those who know him best say, "It's true." "He is that nice of a guy. He is that good of a guy," offensive coordinator Dan Mullen says.
Meyer at first was skeptical.
When he initially met Tebow, he wondered, "It can't be that good. Where's the chink in the armor? Your dad's a missionary and your mom's a teacher of five children at home. (All the Tebows were home-schooled.) C'mon, say a bad word or something. But they are very real people. It's legit. It really is."
