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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

540. Masculinity Saves the Weak | Tim Tebow

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 β€’ 34.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with athlete, philanthropist, and speaker Tim Tebow to discuss the connection between competitive drive, personal virtue, and Christian compassion. Tebow recounts the life-changing encounter that inspired his foundation β€” a moment in a remote Filipino village, where he met a disabled boy hidden away from the world. From that day forward, his focus shifted from MVP titles to serving the most vulnerable. Together, they explore the demonization of masculinity, the crisis facing young men today, and how athletic excellence, when rooted in higher purpose, can become a force for good. This is a conversation about strength, faith, responsibility, and redemption β€” and what it truly means to win at life. Timothy Richard Tebow, born August 14, 1987, in Makati, the Philippines to missionary parents Bob and Pam Tebow, is an American professional baseball player, former professional football player, 3x NY Times best-selling author, international speaker, and ESPN sports broadcaster. He played college football for the University of Florida, and in 2007 became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore. Tim is also a 2x BCS National Champion. In the NFL, Tim played for the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. He is currently playing baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter with the New York Mets MLB team. This episode was filmed on March 23rd, 2025. | Links | For Tim Tebow: On X https://x.com/timtebow?lang=en On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timtebow/?hl=en Website https://timtebow.com/ The Tim Tebow Foundation https://compassionatehope.org/timtebowfoundation/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABM6BBU95BaedJ8-zfMQSVSkUtHVa&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2ZfABhDBARIsAHFTxGxiCKuzXFniMi5BZRYo20ZALjZpF92xqpW9waeBdqVhdstSTSqAlmgaAvFHEALw_wcB

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0:00.0

I'm very curious about how you see the relationship between the competitiveness that has characterized your athletic career and this calling to higher service.

0:11.5

To sum it up, it's the fight for people that can't fight for themselves, and competitiveness is not the problem.

0:17.6

It's where you steer it.

0:19.2

So you saw a lot of people who were suffering, and you knew that that was wrong.

0:23.2

I see the boy laying on the cot. I see his legs. I see their own backwards.

0:27.3

And so I get a little bit emotional, but I hold it back.

0:29.5

And Sherwin is the name of the boy, looks at me and said,

0:32.6

and I've been told my whole life that I'm not impressive.

0:35.1

Let's go back. I don't understand how you developed your

0:37.9

athletic ability in relation to team sports and were homeschooled. How did that come about? Can I back it up

0:44.3

even to my birth? There was issues with the entire pregnancy. The placenta wasn't properly attached.

0:50.5

She had amoeba dysentery. She went into a coma. The doctor who had finally helped my

0:55.0

mom get birth, he looked at my parents and said, I don't know how your baby boy is alive. And God's got a

1:01.1

special plan for your life. Do you know what happens when you hear that over and over and over again?

1:07.1

You start to believe it. So what did it mean to believe that when you were little?

1:25.9

Yeah. You start to believe it. So what did it mean to believe that when you were little? I had the opportunity today to talk to one of the world's premier athletes, Tim Tebow,

1:31.0

and we had a very interesting conversation.

1:33.9

And I would say the crux of the matter is the relationship between masculinity,

1:40.8

masculine competitiveness, masculine striving for excellence, and virtue, all things considered.

1:48.7

Our culture is set up now in large part on the presupposition that competition and that masculine

1:57.8

striving for dominance and excellence is in itself a form of patriarchal oppressiveness.

2:03.6

And that's wrong, and it's not only wrong,

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