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Tim Howard
American
Athlete
Born:
Mar 6
,
1979
First
Get
Me
Sometimes
Think
You
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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 compulsive behavior.
Tim Howard
Age
World
Behavior
Syndrome
Kid
Outburst
Trigger
Vocal
Facial
Compulsive
Could
Had
Obsessive
New
New Jersey
Brain
Goalkeeper
Any
Manchester
Manchester United
Disorder
Who
United
Jersey
Cope
Early
Early Age
Speech
Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.
Tim Howard
You
Experience
Old
Every
Back
Some
Point
Through
Step
Loses
Goalkeeper
Gain
In the end, very little gets in the way of what Manchester United wants to do.
Tim Howard
Way
End
Very
Gets
Manchester
Manchester United
Wants
In The End
Little
United
I've been fortunate enough to be headstrong, to be full of self-belief, and those things have never wavered for me.
Tim Howard
Me
Enough
Those
Never
Headstrong
Been
Full
Fortunate
Things
I don't complain when it's sunny.
Tim Howard
Complain
Sunny
I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.
Tim Howard
Highest
Highest Level
Wanted
Soccer
Level
Player
Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing.
Tim Howard
Sometimes
Cough
Very
Public
Thing
Twitch
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
Life
Losing
Christ
My Life
Important
Bonus
Else
Everything
Everything Else
More
Winning
He
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
Than
Just
The Most Important
Whether
Thing
Playing
Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.
Tim Howard
Me
Cause
Amazing
Animals
Important
Think
Fur
Out
Protecting
Very
Against
Speaking
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
Mom
Family
Me
Strong
Values
First
Bone
Gave
Broke
Brother
Stayed
Fingers
Morals
Put
Wrong
She
Always
Provide
Very
Trying
Taught
Us
Worked
Mold
Belief
Her
Right
Things
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
Food
You
Healthy
Nice
More
Lifestyle
Like
Sure
Healthy Lifestyle
Depends
Want
Crappy
Ice
Ice Cream
Prefer
Cream
Body
Sweets
Keep
Right now, as I've gotten older, my tics sustain for five or ten years. So, I can deal with them on a daily basis; I know how it affects my body. But when you're 10 years old, and every three months a tic comes along, it's daunting because you don't know what the next one is going to look like, what it's going to feel like.
Tim Howard
Daily
You
Old
Three
Older
Every
Months
Ten
Ten Years
Daunting
Feel
Along
Like
Know
Look
Because
Deal
How
Gotten
Years
Affects
Five
Going
Sustain
Them
Next
Body
Now
Daily Basis
Right
Basis
Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your absolute best, and it doesn't stack up.
Tim Howard
Best
You
Sometimes
Everything
Give
Absolute
Up
Stack
Just
Your
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
Game
Stronger
Syndrome
Soon
Concentration
Because
Goal
Than
Get
Any
Front
Moment
Serious
Things
I enjoy being a role model for kids.
Tim Howard
Enjoy
Kids
Model
Role
Role Model
Being
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.
Tim Howard
Me
Sports
First
Every
Kid
Dream
Would
Never
He
Jordan
True
Always
Idol
Up
Michael
Michael Jordan
Person
Wanted
Fan
Grew
Happen
Which
Professionally
Play
Two
When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.
Tim Howard
You
Sometimes
Top
Beat
Still
Get
Against
Your
Utmost
Play
Players
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
Myself
Privacy
Culture
Try
Our
OK
Out
Carve
Anymore
I'm an old dog; I don't get too excited. I don't get caught up in all the mass hysteria.
Tim Howard
Dog
Old
Too
Excited
Hysteria
Mass
Caught
Up
Get
The President doesn't ring people out of the blue, so you know you've done something well.
Tim Howard
You
People
President
Out
Ring
Something
Know
Well
Blue
Done
Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the best managers in football history.
Tim Howard
Best
History
Football
Ferguson
Sir
Managers
Alex
David Moyes is someone I'm forever indebted to.
Tim Howard
Indebted
Someone
David
Forever
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
World-Class
Once
Fired
Had
He
Head
Head Coach
Announced
Hired
Been
July
German
Controversial
Regarded
Soccer
Bob
Successful
Coach
Now
As an OCD guy, I find change difficult.
Tim Howard
Change
Difficult
Find
Guy
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
Time
Me
Grateful
Opportunity
Spend
Kids
Willingness
Both
Roberto
Am
Afford
Manager
Everton
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
Faith
Me
Victory
Defeat
Too
Stay
About
Excited
Failures
Get
Low
Successes
Grounded
Helped
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