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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How Tim Howard Dealt with Tourette’s Syndrome [Watch (HLS stream): How Tim Howard Dealt with Tourette’s Syndrome](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Vcbjv1JY.m3u8) (2:21)  _Published 2014-07-02. U.S. soccer goalie Tim Howard is a hometown hero and Tourette Syndrome advocate. Carol Costello takes a look._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:56 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Tim Conway, Comedian and Star of The Carol Burnett Show, Dies at 85](/video/xyEbdrXL/) ### Tim Conway, Comedian and Star of The Carol Burnett Show, Dies at 85 [Tim Howard: “It Wasn’t Meant to Be”](/video/iLDtoHty/) ### Tim Howard: “It Wasn’t Meant to Be” [Tim's Vermeer: Tim Paints His Father-In-Law](/video/DFglUHeE/) ### Tim's Vermeer: Tim Paints His Father-In-Law --- ## Transcript He is the anchor of Team USA. At age 35, Tim Howard is still at the top of his game. And at his New Jersey high school, no one is surprised. I remember that. I remember that. He could see the goalie in him. Yeah. Cuz he anticipated where the ball was gonna be. He was watching his eyes the whole time. Yeah. Nothing Timmy does surprises me. That's the thing about it. When he's working this hard, you see Timmy Howard doing all things right. You as his teammate or you as is coach, say hey, I gotta up my game, and I'm gonna try to math what he's doing. Howard played basketball and soccer at North Brunswick high school. His yearbook quote senior year, it will take a nation of millions to hold me back. He went on to Major League Soccer, and at 23, he was recruited by one of the bets known sports teams in the world. When Tim got the call from Manchester United, it was like a win for all of us. That was like, alright, our guy made it. And it was really cool, cool to see. For Howard, fame also meant responsiblity. He lent his body to PETA for this anti- fur campaign. [ MUSIC ] And turned a very personal struggle into advocacy. Faith Rise is the executive director of the New Jersey Center for Tourette's Syndrome. Tim called us one day and said he wanted to volunteer with the organization. Howard had been diagnoses with Tourette's as a child. He joined Manchester United, British tabloids ridiculed the goalie for the disorder. But he told CNN in 2011, it was an obstacle he never let stand in his way. I may not make you know, as a professional footballer but i don't want the reason to be Tourette's Syndrome and so, you know its just something that I live with everyday for me now in my life its, its like breathing to me. If i woke up one day and didn't have Tourette's Syndrom it would be weird. Howard has done work with children and their families for the New Jersey Center, and is lending his name to its brand new Tim Howard Leadership Academy. It's really important for those kids to have a hero, someone who has dealt with. All of the things that they're dealing with, and has survived. And to the kids of North Brunswick High, Howard is a role model too. In the same hallway that, that kids walked in is the same hallway that Tim walked in. That locker may be Tim's locker. So, all these kids have a direct connection. They could see. What hard work can do. And it's right there on TV every other day. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Tim Howard Dealt with Tourette’s Syndrome","description":"U.S. soccer goalie Tim Howard is a hometown hero and Tourette Syndrome advocate. 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