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.
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.
Today, I am blessed to be living a dream. And yet, if it all went away tomorrow, I know I would still have peace.
I don't get a lot of time with my children. My time is precious, and time with my two kids is like gold dust to me. I can't get that time back.
There are very few young goalkeepers who play at the top level. Most goalkeepers figure it out as time goes on.
I am grateful for the willingness of both Jurgen Klinsmann and Everton manager Roberto Martinez to afford me the opportunity to spend time with my kids.
I had the offer to write books plenty of times during the early stage of my career, and I always kind of just pushed back because it wasn't the right time.
I try not to and I don't think I ever have just jumped at any opportunity because a company wanted me. Just because there was money on the table doesn't mean that I took it.
I grew up a Michael Jordan fan; that was my first idol. But my true sports idol was Deion Sanders: he was the person I always wanted to be. I wanted to play two sports professionally, which would never happen, but to me, that was every kid's dream.
I was a pretty popular kid, and I participated in every sport.
If you qualify for a World Cup and expect to get an easy group, you are in the wrong sport. It doesn't work like that.
I'm a gym rat; I love my hour-long afternoon sessions with my trainer.
I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.
I think I have some ideas on coaching, but listen, coaches work harder than players. The hours they put in, the headaches that they have. That's the one thing I've never liked about coaching. They have all the emotion, passion and preparation without...
