Tim Howard Quotes

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Tim Howard

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 6, 1979

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.

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You want to be wanted, and you want people to rely on you.

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You get 15 minutes of fame, I hear, and I've had 14 minutes. The clock's ticking.

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

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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.

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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 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.

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I've been fortunate enough to be headstrong, to be full of self-belief, and those things have never wavered for me.

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When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.

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David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

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

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As an OCD guy, I find change difficult.

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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.

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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.

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I enjoy being a role model for kids.

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

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

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

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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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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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