Tim Tebow knows that what happens Sunday through Friday makes all the difference on Saturday. He recently shared that message with Hugh Freeze’s Auburn football team.

“Will you just be passionate when it comes to 8 o’clock for a big game? Or at 6 o’clock in the morning, will you still have the same passion?” Tebow asks in a video posted to social media by the Auburn football team.

“Really be willing to suffer in those moments, because those are the moments that are going to make you different than all the other teams. What are the differentiators for you? It’s that you’re actually passionate, meaning that when it gets hard, this is where I’m going to be different. I want to suffer so I can be the best, so we can be the best — meaning you care so much for something, you’re willing to suffer for it. That’s different than being excited, man. That’s different than being hyped.”

It was a timely visit from Tebow. The 2-time national champion and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner is featured prominently in the Netflix documentary “Untold: Swamp Kings,”  which chronicles Urban Meyer’s time at Florida. The documentary shows footage of the intense, demanding workouts installed by Meyer, which Tebow embraced as a fierce competitor.

“Swamp Kings” also focuses on the fact that Tebow never beat Auburn. The only loss of Florida’s 2006 national championship season, Tebow’s freshman year, came on the road at Auburn. The following year, AU stunned the Gators in The Swamp with a game-winning field goal. Tebow joked he wasn’t sure why Freeze would want him to speak to the team, given his history with the Tigers.