When Alex Ferguson left I think there was a lot of people probably in the media( licking their) chops, excited for and looking for the slaughter that was about to come -- that was impending because unless the next manager came in and was absolutely perfect that was what was going to happen, david Moyes is one hell of a tough character. If anyone can withstand that and brush it off and move on it's David Moyes.

Tim Howard

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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.

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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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I don't complain when it's sunny. by Tim Howard

I don't complain when it's sunny.

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.

live you team world

Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing. by Tim Howard

Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing.

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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.

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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.

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Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

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I've made plenty of mistakes as a keeper, that's for sure. I'll m... by Tim Howard

I've made plenty of mistakes as a keeper, that's for sure. I'll make plenty more before I'm through.

mistakes make more through

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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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I think you hope, throughout the course of your career, if you do things right often enough, you might get a moment in time that you can do something special.

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I wasn't a troublemaker. I wasn't impertinent. The teachers liked me. But year after year, the comments on my report cards basically came down to a single point, and it was 100% accurate: I seemed to get nothing whatsoever out of all those long hours spent in the classroom.

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OCD is an anxiety disorder, one that brings conscious intrusive thoughts and compulsions - 'Touch the bannister. Pick up that rock. You'd better do it, or something terrible will happen.'

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It's easy to just go out and buy a $200 piece of clothing. The real challenge is finding it for half that.

finding challenge real easy

Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your abso... by Tim Howard

Sometimes you just give everything you have, and you do your absolute best, and it doesn't stack up.

your best you sometimes

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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I enjoy being a role model for kids. by Tim Howard

I enjoy being a role model for kids.

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