"We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people"
About this Quote
The subtext is a rebuke to the kind of swagger sports culture quietly rewards. Tebow’s career has always lived at the intersection of performance and testimony, where confidence is mandatory but arrogance is a reputational landmine. By tying humility to service, he resolves that tension: you can be driven, even loud about your goals, as long as your life points outward. It’s also a gentle power move. Service becomes the proof that your humility is real, which means the speaker gets to define the scoreboard.
Context matters: Tebow rose as a highly visible evangelical athlete, celebrated and mocked in equal measure for public faith. In that environment, humility is both spiritual discipline and brand defense. The phrase works because it reframes self-abasement (which can sound passive or self-loathing) into usefulness, something sturdy and socially legible. It’s a moral language that plays well in locker rooms, churches, and charity galas alike: don’t just talk about being grounded. Carry something for someone else.
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| Topic | Servant Leadership |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Tebow, Tim. (2026, January 17). We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-have-to-humble-ourselves-and-the-way-you-do-63678/
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Tebow, Tim. "We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-have-to-humble-ourselves-and-the-way-you-do-63678/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-have-to-humble-ourselves-and-the-way-you-do-63678/. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.









