Who said football is worthless.

For those who don't know who Tim Tebow is, read this paragraph, skip ahead if you do. He is the starting quarterback for the Florida Gators.  His parents are missionaries in the Philippines and he often works in their orphanage during the summers.  He is frequently seen preaching and leading Bible studies in Florida prisons in his free time.  He wears "Phil 4:13" on his face for every game.  He has won numerous awards including college football's most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy.

In July, at a news conference, the following question was posed to Mr. Tebow:

"I don't mean to sound cynical, but between winning the national championship and winning the Heisman, saving the world in the Philippines and all, did you ever, like, sneak a cigarette when you were in high school? Do you ever do anything wrong? Do you feel like everything is sort of on cruise control for you?"

His response (in part):

"You know, everybody, they can look and say how easy it is. But it's definitely not that easy. The difference is 'cause not many people want to wake up at 5, go through workouts, go speak to young kids, go back, eat lunch, go to class, go to tutoring, go speak at a prison at night, come back. I mean, more people would do those things; they just don't want to sacrifice.

"You know, there's a lot of leaders out there. But, unfortunately, there aren't a lot of good ones. So that's always been my dream and my goal, is to be someone like Danny Wuerffel was to me, to be someone that a parent can say, 'Hey, this kid did it the right way.' That's always been my dream and my goal more so than winning a trophy or winning a championship.

"So if it's cynical or whatnot, that's fine. If people don't believe it, that's fine. There's always going to be naysayers, people that are going to say it's fake. But that's fine because you can't control everybody. But I can control what I do, my attitude, how I approach the situation. So how I approach the situation is I want to do everything in my power that football gives me to influence as many people as I can for the good because that's gonna mean so much more when it's all said and done than just playing football and winning championships."

This kid impresses me more every day.  

My favorite part: "...more people would do these things; they just don't want to sacrifice."

What would we be doing with our day if we were really, I mean really willing to sacrifice?

You can find the original article by Pat Forde on espn.com here.