p*b
发帖数: 442 | 1 http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7455943/believing-tim-tebow
I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football
field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field,
which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so
rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless?
Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or
who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents
them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a
Dave and Buster's), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with
them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard line tickets down low,
visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him
to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.
Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour
after Tebow had stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown
pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs? And Twitter was exploding with 9,
420 tweets about Tebow per second? When an ESPN poll was naming him the most
popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her
73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
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"Here he'd just played the game of his life," recalls Bailey's mother, Kathy
, of Loveland, Colo., "and the first thing he does after his press
conference is come find Bailey and ask, 'Did you get anything to eat?' He
acted like what he'd just done wasn't anything, like it was all about Bailey
."
More than that, Tebow kept corralling people into the room for Bailey to
meet. Hey, Demaryius, come in here a minute. Hey, Mr. Elway. Hey, Coach Fox.
Even though sometimes-fatal Wegener's granulomatosis has left Bailey with
only one lung, the attention took her breath away.
"It was the best day of my life," she emailed. "It was a bright star among
very gloomy and difficult days. Tim Tebow gave me the greatest gift I could
ever imagine. He gave me the strength for the future. I know now that I can
face any obstacle placed in front of me. Tim taught me to never give up
because at the end of the day, today might seem bleak but it can't rain
forever and tomorrow is a new day, with new promises."
I read that email to Tebow and he was honestly floored.
"Why me? Why should I inspire her?" he said. "I just don't feel, I don't
know, adequate. Really, hearing her story inspires me."
It's not just NFL defenses that get Tebowed. It's kids who will die soon. It
's adults who can hardly stand. It's high school girls who don't know if
they'll ever go to a prom.
For the game at Buffalo, it was Charlottesville, Va., blue-chip high school
QB Jacob Rainey, who lost his leg after a freak tackle in a scrimmage. Tebow
threw three interceptions in that Buffalo game and the Broncos were crushed
, 40-14.
"He walked in and took a big sigh and said, 'Well, that didn't go as planned
,'" remembers Rainey. "Where I'm from, people wonder how sincere and genuine
he is. But I think he's the most genuine person I've ever met."
There's not an ounce of artifice or phoniness or Hollywood in this kid Tebow
and I've looked everywhere for it.
Take 9-year-old Zac Taylor, a child who lives in constant pain. Immediately
after Tebow shocked the Chicago Bears with a 13-10 comeback win, Tebow spent
an hour with Zac and his family. At one point, Zac, who has 10 doctors,
asked Tebow if he has a secret prayer for hospital visits. Tebow whispered
it in his ear. And since Tebow still needed to be checked out by the Broncos
' team doctor, he took Zac in with him, but only after they'd whispered it
together.
And it's not always kids. Tom Driscoll, a 55-year-old who is dying of brain
cancer at a hospice in Denver, was Tebow's guest for the Cincinnati game. "
The doctors took some of my brain," Driscoll says, "so my short-term memory
is kind of shot. But that day I'll never forget. Tim is such a good man."
This whole thing makes no football sense, of course. Most NFL players hardly
talk to teammates before a game, much less visit with the sick and dying.
Isn't that a huge distraction?
Tim Tebow with Zac
Stephanie Taylor Not everything Tim Tebow does on one knee is controversial.
Ask Zac Taylor.
"Just the opposite," Tebow says. "It's by far the best thing I do to get
myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the
most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they
crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous
people. It puts it all into perspective. The game doesn't really matter. I
mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing
I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to
invest in people's lives, to make a difference."
So that's it. I've given up giving up on him. I'm a 100 percent believer.
Not in his arm. Not in his skills. I believe in his heart, his there-will-
definitely-be-a-pony-under-the-tree optimism, the way his love pours into
people, right up to their eyeballs, until they believe they can master the
hopeless comeback, too.
Remember the QB who lost his leg, Jacob Rainey? He got his prosthetic leg a
few weeks ago and he wants to play high school football next season. Yes,
tackle football. He'd be the first to do that on an above-the-knee
amputation.
Hmmm. Wonder where he got that crazy idea?
"Tim told me to keep fighting, no matter what," Rainey says. "I am." | l*****y
发帖数: 4887 | 2 口头信没啥意义，真信就去下Football版那个不让分的拍子－野马对砍～
话说回来，这是espn给tebow上艺术人生准备素材呢？ | m********t
发帖数: 9426 | 3 提包是一个现象
field,
【在 p*b 的大作中提到】
: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7455943/believing-tim-tebow
: I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football
: field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
: No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field,
: which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so
: rarely am.
: Who among us is this selfless?
: Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or
: who is injured, flies them and their families to the Broncos game, rents
: them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a
| B*****e
发帖数: 9375 | 4 我昨天刚和太太下了注,
野驴赢, 我给她$100,
野驴输, 她给我$100.
她真够大方的, 连13分的赌盘都不要, straight up. I've never felt so confident.
【在 l*****y 的大作中提到】
: 口头信没啥意义，真信就去下Football版那个不让分的拍子－野马对砍～
: 话说回来，这是espn给tebow上艺术人生准备素材呢？
| f******o
发帖数: 4689 | 5 All in your WB!
confident.
【在 B*****e 的大作中提到】
: 我昨天刚和太太下了注,
: 野驴赢, 我给她$100,
: 野驴输, 她给我$100.
: 她真够大方的, 连13分的赌盘都不要, straight up. I've never felt so confident.
| s****h
发帖数: 3979 | 6 好文章！
有几个人看得热泪盈眶的？
可怜我没有，检讨一下. | m********t
发帖数: 9426 | 7 和老婆的钱还分的这么清楚，唉
confident.
【在 B*****e 的大作中提到】
: 我昨天刚和太太下了注,
: 野驴赢, 我给她$100,
: 野驴输, 她给我$100.
: 她真够大方的, 连13分的赌盘都不要, straight up. I've never felt so confident.
| s****h
发帖数: 3979 | 8 你太太为啥fan野马/Tebow？
confident.
【在 B*****e 的大作中提到】
: 我昨天刚和太太下了注,
: 野驴赢, 我给她$100,
: 野驴输, 她给我$100.
: 她真够大方的, 连13分的赌盘都不要, straight up. I've never felt so confident.
| m********t
发帖数: 9426 | 9 我都没看
【在 s****h 的大作中提到】
: 好文章！
: 有几个人看得热泪盈眶的？
: 可怜我没有，检讨一下.
| m********t
发帖数: 9426 | 10 提包是个很有魅力的人，还是守身如玉的好基督徒，是当今年轻人的榜样
【在 s****h 的大作中提到】
: 你太太为啥fan野马/Tebow？
:
: confident.
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