{"id":27692,"date":"2023-08-22T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27692"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:34:12","slug":"tim-tebow-says-he-doesnt-regret-how-faith-impacted-his-nfl-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/tim-tebow-says-he-doesnt-regret-how-faith-impacted-his-nfl-career.html","title":{"rendered":"Tim Tebow Says He Doesn&#8217;t Regret How Faith Impacted His NFL Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27701\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/tim-tebow-credit-debby-wong-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27701\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/tim-tebow-credit-debby-wong-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"tim tebow\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debby Wong\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former football player Tim Tebow has always been about football and faith, and when it came to his playing career, his belief in God was pushed into the national spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Tebow never shied away from sharing his faith, whether it was playing for the Florida Gators, the Denver Broncos, a New York Mets minor league team or as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. In an interview on OutKick\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/dont-me-with-dan-dakich\/\">\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t @ Me with Dan Dakich,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Tebow said he wouldn\u2019t know if his faith would have cost him a lengthy NFL career, but it didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gK73X3q5jKg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tebow explained, \u201cI would just say what Jesus has done for me is everything. So, my faith hasn\u2019t really cost me anything. My faith in Jesus and what Jesus has done for me has given me everything. It\u2019s given me a real hope. It\u2019s given me a meaning. It\u2019s given me a purpose for being. It\u2019s given me a hope of heaven. It\u2019s given me a joy for life. It\u2019s given me a love for people. Even in the midst of my mistakes and shortcomings and failures in life, I\u2019m not defined by my scars \u2013 I\u2019m defined by His.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tebow continued, adding that he owes everything he has to God. He said, \u201cI\u2019m just grateful for everything He\u2019s done in my life and hopefully the things He\u2019ll do in the future. I don\u2019t look at anything that\u2019s happened to me as my faith has cost me. The only thing it\u2019s done is it\u2019s given me real meaning and purpose in life, and I\u2019m so grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tebow also spoke to Dakich about the Unknown campaign and his\u00a0fight against human trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former football player Tim Tebow has always been about football and faith, and when it came to his playing career, his belief in God was pushed into the national spotlight. 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