In this short Entspresso episode, host Evan Carmichael and co‑host Angie interview former U.S. soccer goalkeeper Tim Howard about the power of role models. Tim shares that NBA star Chris Jackson inspired him as a child, motivating him to pursue soccer and later become a role model himself for young fans. Angie reflects on her own role models—her parents and later professional mentors—while Evan emphasizes the importance of seeking out aspirational figures, whether they are living mentors or historical icons like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney. He urges viewers to take responsibility for their growth, especially if they lacked strong parental guidance, and to actively find role models through videos and other resources. The segment closes with Angie posing the “question of the day” about what viewers learned from their parents, inviting audience interaction.
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Thank you guys so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of Nespresso. Nespresso?
Nespresso? En-spresso. Am I the first person who said that?
I think you're the first. Good morning, Believe Nation. Today's message is: have role models.
Over to you, Tim Howard.
I obviously had role models, and a particular role model in sports growing up, Chris Jackson. He was my "pumda du rooof," and he played basketball in the NBA, and it was just great to watch him. You know, I was a 9-year-old kid, you know, so I saw him doing amazing things on TV, and I was like, "Wow, you can really achieve something here." And then I set my mind to it, just kind of tried to be as good as I could at soccer, and, you know, work work hard and see where that got me. And then through that process, because of TS, obviously other people were inspired by me the same way I was by Chris Jackson. When someone comes up to me and says, wow, you know, they feel isolated in school and they feel kind of like the outcast, and that I give them that, that kind of courage is pretty cool.
So what do you think?
I think that was a great video. I think it's so important to have role models as children and even as adults. As a child, my role model were my parents who inspired me both personally and professionally. And later on, lawyers that I worked with over time were also personal and professional inspirations. So continue to have role models, keep finding them to find your inspiration and your motivation.
I love it. I think you need people to push you outside your comfort zone. I think we're both fortunate. I had insane parents, insanely amazing parents, not insane parents. Insanely amazing parents who taught me to believe in myself. That's where believe comes from for me. And part of why I created the Top 10 series and the Answer Us series is to try to learn from people who've done a lot more than us. Guys like Tim Howard. If you hang around success, hopefully some of it rubs off onto you a little bit more. I would also say don't use, like if you don't have great parents, don't use that as a crutch. Be like, "Oh, I can't be successful 'cause I didn't have role models growing up. I had terrible parents," or "I never knew my parents," right? Take responsibility for your life and go and find new role models now. Use the videos. Like, I think you can also have aspirational role models where I learned from Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and AP Giannini, even though I'm never gonna meet them, you know, they're dead. But their lessons still help me, and I consider them to be my role models now. So it's an insanely valuable thing to have role models, to not just try to figure everything out all on your own. But if you don't have them yet, don't let that like keep you down. Go out, take responsibility, and go find role models for your life.
So the question of the day today is: What did you learn from your parents, good or bad?
Ooh, going deep. Angie's going deep. Leave it in the comments below and we will join the discussion. Thank you guys so much for watching. Have an amazing day, continue to believe, and we'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso. What are you looking at, Jason? The guy?
No.
Last week, all I see Jason behind the camera is like, "No, what are you talking about?" And it's like, "Jason, what just happened?" It's like, "Oh, some girl walked by." Oh, was it someone cute? It's like, "Okay, let's focus on—" No. So what do you think?
Oh, I don't know. I don't know what I think.
And we'll see you again tomorrow morning for another—
I thought we were doing it together. I thought it was— I thought it was—
