By Michaela Gordoni
Former NFL star Tim Tebow realized that his setbacks and mistakes have given him a lot of room to grow, which is something he’s now grateful for.
“I’m grateful for the highs in my life that God has given me because they’ve given me a platform, but I’m also grateful now for the lows,” Tebow said.
“I couldn’t have said that a lot of times in them,” he admits.
“I really feel like God has worked in my heart and in my life and in my mindset and my relationship with him,” he explained.
He called his revelation a humble experience.
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“I really believe that in this journey of life and trying to learn, grow, and adapt, to be more of who we’re called to be, it’s not just in the highs. It’s especially in the lows. Are we willing to view that setback as actually a setup?” he asked.
Tebow’s ability to learn from his failures and not let them keep him down is ingrained in his character.
“There are certain things in life we love and we have the chance to pursue, but a lot of the time fear of the unknown, fear of failure gets in the way,” Tebow said when he played in the NFL in 2017. “If I fall flat on my face, then guess what, I’m going to get right back up again.”
“People will say, ‘What if you fail? What if you don’t make it?'” he said. “Guess what? I don’t have to live with regret. I did everything I could. I pushed it. And I would rather be someone who can live with peace and no regret than being so scared I didn’t make the effort.”
Earlier this year, Tebow shared that failures lead to progress.
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid to stay the same. Every loss has something to teach you, if you’re willing to learn,” he said on Instagram.
“I believe failure should motivate you not cripple you…I still think about one rivalry loss more than all the wins combined,” the former quarterback wrote. “Not because I love the pain, but because it propelled me forward. Because I was able to learn something for the next game and the one after that.”
Tebow hasn’t allowed anything to let him stay knocked down — since before he was even born. When his mother was pregnant with him, doctors told her that he would be born with birth defects due to medicine she’d taken and advised her to abort.
He was born malnourished but quickly became healthy and strong. At 6’3” and 235 lbs, he was the first sophomore to win a Heisman trophy.
We can all learn something from his humble and persistent attitude.
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