A biography for Tim Howardhasn’t been written yet.
“Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.”
“When you're not needed somewhere, it never feels great.”
“When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.”
“When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.”
“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 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.”
“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.”
“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.”
“I like to get more than my normal 10 hours of sleep nights before a game.”
“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.”
“It's easy to just go out and buy a $200 piece of clothing. The real challenge is finding it for half that.”
“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.”
“If there is a less likely sight on this earth than Clint Dempsey, the Texas trailer-park kid, doing downward-facing dog poses, or the stalwart Michael Bradley deep breathing through a tree pose, I have yet to see it.”
“Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.”
“Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.”
“You want to be wanted, and you want people to rely on you.”
“I think there's a lot of things that need fixing at Manchester United apart from David Moyes, but in this business, you also realize the head coach is always going to be the first to go, unfortunately.”