Quotes by Tim Howard

About Tim Howard:

Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howard is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Everton and the United States national team.
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Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourette's Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive co...

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I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches would make deals with me so I'd do it. It's a tough position as a kid.

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I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

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Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

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Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the best managers in football history.

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If Jurgen Klinsmann thinks that the best way for his team to be successful is if his young players go to Europe, there is nobody in the world who can argue with that. That is his opinion, whether you agree with it or not.

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Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your absolute best, and it doesn't stack up.

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As soon as things get serious in front of the goal, I don't have any twitches... It's probably because at that moment, my concentration on the game is stronger than the Tourette syndrome.

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I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

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David Moyes is someone I'm forever indebted to.

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When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.

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In the end, very little gets in the way of what Manchester United wants to do.

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I've made plenty of mistakes as a keeper, that's for sure. I'll make plenty more before I'm through.

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I grew up in a generation when there was no soccer on TV.

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I don't complain when it's sunny.

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Confidence is on one side of the line, and self-belief is on another. People all think those are mixed up.

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I enjoy being a role model for kids.

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I like to get more than my normal 10 hours of sleep nights before a game.

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I don't really get too high or too low. I think when you have a big tournament, that's the important thing: managing emotion.

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I don't feel the need to be seen, to be glorified in any way.

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Author Bio

  • NameTim Howard
  • DescriptionAmerican soccer player
  • BornMarch 6, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Player; Goalkeeper