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Tim Howard Quotes

My mom broke the mold. She put my brother and I first, always, and worked her fingers to the bone trying to provide for us. She taught us right from wrong and gave us very strong morals and values and belief in family, things that have stayed with me.

– Tim Howard

There’s a tacit understanding among clubs that a good player shouldn’t miss out on the big break of his career or a chance at exponentially improved earnings.

– Tim Howard

My life is training.

– Tim Howard

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.

– Tim Howard

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.

– Tim Howard

When I see someone wearing fur, I just want to sit them down in front of one of PETA’s videos and show them just how badly animals suffer for this supposed fabric that no one needs.

– Tim Howard

As an OCD guy, I find change difficult.

– Tim Howard

I’m an old dog; I don’t get too excited. I don’t get caught up in all the mass hysteria.

– Tim Howard

There are very few young goalkeepers who play at the top level. Most goalkeepers figure it out as time goes on.

– Tim Howard

I don’t complain when it’s sunny.

– Tim Howard

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.

– Tim Howard

Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.

– Tim Howard

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 compulsive behavior.

– Tim Howard

In July 2011, U.S. Soccer announced that they’d fired Bob Bradley and hired Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach. Jurgen had once been a world-class German striker; now he was regarded as a successful, if controversial, coach.

– Tim Howard

It’s important that I’m a role model and that the companies that I associate myself with feel the same way about their own images. Those are companies I’d like to be associated with.

– Tim Howard

My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.

– Tim Howard

The President doesn’t ring people out of the blue, so you know you’ve done something well.

– Tim Howard

Pressure can be good. It helps you to see what you’re all about.

– Tim Howard

Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.

– Tim Howard

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

– Tim Howard

The most important thing in my life is Christ. He’s more important than winning or losing or whether I’m playing or not. Everything else is just a bonus.

– Tim Howard

Today, I am blessed to be living a dream. And yet, if it all went away tomorrow, I know I would still have peace.

– Tim Howard

There is no privacy in our culture anymore, so I have to try and carve that out for myself, but I’m OK with it.

– Tim Howard

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 actually getting to be able to dictate what happens.

– Tim Howard

Sure, I like ice cream, but when you keep a healthy lifestyle, it’s: Do you prefer sweets and crappy food, or do you prefer to have a nice body? It depends on what you want more.

– Tim Howard

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.

– Tim Howard

Living with Tourette’s is not easy.

– Tim Howard

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

– Tim Howard

Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.

– Tim Howard

My personal trainer suggested paleo to build muscle while staying lean, and it’s one of the first plans that’s worked for me.

– Tim Howard

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