Tim Howard
Tim Howard
Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howardis an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer and the United States national team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth6 March 1979
CityNorth Brunswick, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
hold-me millions nations
It will take a nation of millions to hold me back.
feet keepers
Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.
kids years brain
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 Tourettes Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.
blow down-and lockers
When the whistle blows, I’m completely exhausted, physically and mentally. I get in the locker room and I sit down and I just exhale. Finally, the danger is over.
different tourettes syndromes
If I woke up and didn't have Tourette's syndrome, it would feel weird - not better or worse, just different.
winning important companionship
The most important thing in my life is Christ,
developed exactly form literally people symptom talked worst
When I was 11, I developed a new symptom - the worst one yet: I had to touch people before I talked to them. When I say 'had to,' that's exactly what I mean: if I didn't touch them first, I literally couldn't form the words.
crappy depends food prefer sweets
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.
plenty
I've made plenty of mistakes as a keeper, that's for sure. I'll make plenty more before I'm through.
excited faith grounded helped low stay successes
My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.
amazing athlete hope kids lawyer meet stop whatever
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.
badly front sit suffer supposed videos wearing
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.
concentration front serious soon stronger
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.
coaches dictate harder headaches hours ideas liked work
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.