Even though I live in Jacksonville, Florida, I was unable to attend the Night of Champions event (featuring Tim Tebow) down at the Jacksonville Arena. From everything I’ve heard and read over the past few days it was a huge success. With at least 6,000 in attendance, Night of Champions raised money for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Wuerffel’s ministry, Desire Street Ministries. Special guests included ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and Richie McDonald, former lead singer of country group Lonestar. Tebow’s brother, Robby, chairs the North Florida FCA.

Here are a couple of quotes that stuck out from the event.

“Some people feel like you have to win a Heisman Trophy to be a role model,” Wuerffel said. “But the reality is, everybody has somebody looking at you. Everybody has the ability to impact somebody else. We’re using our leverage to encourage everybody else to make a difference.”

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“With Tim and Danny, it’s who they are,” Herbstreit said. “If they aren’t in a football uniform, that’s what they do. They aren’t at the bars, they aren’t out doing things they shouldn’t be doing. They are reading the Bible and doing a Bible study and trying to share faith with other people. I think people see that it’s authentic and genuine with them.”

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