Thursday, April 23, 2009

Tim Tebow - A Look at Motivation


Timothy Richard Tebow, a Quarterback for the Florida Gators, led the Gators to the National Title last year, with the help of his teammates. He is perceived as one of the best college football quarterbacks of all time, and is the first college sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. As a sophomore in the 2007 season, he broke the Southeastern conference records for both rushing touchdowns, and total touchdowns in a single season. His performance in 2007 earned him the Maxwell Award for the nations best football player, the Davey O'Brien award for the nation's best quarterback, and the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's most outstanding amateur athlete in any sport. In the 2008 season, Tebow was looking to lead the Gator's to an undefeated season, but was sidetracked by Ole Miss, who gave the Gators an unexpected loss. In a press conference shortly after the Ole Miss Game, Tebow swore to his teammates, his coach Urban Meyer, and all of the United States that he would not allow the Gator's to lose another game. He took the blame for the loss, and pledged that he would lead the Gator's to the National Title, which he did. The Gator's won the championships in January, giving them their second national title in 3 years.


Timothy Tebow is overcome with motivation. A motive is defined as a reason or purpose that provides a single explanation for several behavior. Tim Tebow's motivation for working as hard as he did was to lead the Gator's to victory, and show that they would not be overcome by this loss. Motivation helps explain why behavior changes over time. For example, many people are unable to lose weight, or quit smoking until they have serious health symptoms or something else of a serious nature, and that gives them the motivation to stop those negative behaviors. Tim Tebow wanted the national championship title so badly that he would not stop at nothing to get it, and he did. The power of motivation is absolutely amazing.

1 comment:

  1. I will agree with you that Tim
    Tebow is a motivated player. But so is every other football player. His personal success shows an outstanding level of commitment to achieve but his team's success has more to do with having superior talent than their opponents and being able to correctly run a game plan. I would like to know why he decided to take responsibility for the game they lost instead of the kicker who missed or the coach or the defense.

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