Jason Kidd
Appearances
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Man, I appreciate that. I owe you money for all those nice things that you did. I appreciate that, Tim. Thank you. Thanks for having me, guys. This is an honor.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Well, I think it's, you know, I don't know. A lot of people don't know that soccer was my first sport. That was the first sport that I was introduced to. So it's really my first love. And so just understanding when I had this opportunity with the freaking group to be able to invest, I wanted to jump at it just because of the relationship that I had with that group.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And it all came from playing golf, which is funny. In a way. And so maybe they felt bad for my golf game. But I think when you talk about having the opportunity to, when you talk about a historic club, the history, it's rich, it's exciting. When you talk about Goodison Park and the Derby, it's just the excitement, the passion. And that's kind of like what I am, not as a coach.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
We talk about coaching. I'm more reserved. I'm always watching. How can I help the guys? And so when you talk about being able to be at the right place, but at the right time, but it all comes from relationships, as you know, Tim. We have a great relationship. I bought dinner last time. You're going to buy dinner next time. Don't count on it, by the way. Don't count on it.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
You're invited and we're going to order everything. Sounds good.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Well, when you talk about Ryan, that's we were at a crew cup playing golf and we were playing against each other. And we're just talking about the love of golf. And he's actually involved. They're actually involved in Roma. And so he was like, hey, you got to come over. You got to come over. But he was serious about coming over. And, you know, unfortunately, my schedule didn't let me get over.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
But we kept in touch. as I said, relationships, you never know what can happen. And so we stayed in touch and I started to hear rumblings about them getting involved in Everton. So I asked, I wasn't shy. I said, Ryan, are you getting involved? And he goes, I think we might. And so that's why I left it. And he came back and goes, hey, do you have any interest? And I said, I would love to.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I was honored that he thought about me. And so when you get the opportunity to invest with not just a great team, but also great people. And so I'm very excited to go along this journey with them.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I think it's really important first to, you know, in life, write down your visions, write down your dreams, being able to have an opportunity in ownership is something that I wrote down a long, long time ago, but also understanding patience in the process. I think the process when we're young, we only think about land and wasn't worried about what I was doing on the court.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I wasn't worried about what he was doing on the soccer field. He's the GOAT of U.S. soccer. And so he achieved everything because you're working. But if you take a time out to fill your dreams of what you really want to accomplish, being able to understand ownership is a very powerful thing and nothing to take for granted.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And we've all have been players that have had great owners and owners who maybe didn't live up to what we thought could be possible. And so I've taken notes of being around the Cubans of the world, of understanding what it means to be a successful owner. And hopefully I can do that, have that opportunity with the freaking group. That's awesome.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Oh, Landon, great question. I think there's a lot of comparisons. Growing up, soccer being my first sport, dribbling, right, with your feet, not with your hands. Understanding passing, playing in small spaces. Unfortunately, when I was, I wanted to score like you. And so being a forward, center forward, I wanted to just kick it and I tried to use my speed.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I thought I was fast and could outrun everybody and tried to, you know, I wanted to score. It's almost the opposite of my basketball game. I was just going to say, that's not what you were. And so when you look at the things I learned in soccer about passing, you know, give and go was something that I learned in soccer. It was one of the oldest plays in basketball as a third grader. And so
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And then just taking dribbling from my feet to my hands. And so being able to be coordinated with the lower half of your body as a third or fourth grader, a lot of times we're not right. It's the other way around. We learn how to use our hands first instead of our feet. So I felt I had the advantage there. of coordination.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And so there is a lot of similarities when you talk about angles, passing, creating space, being able to create lanes, and then patience, being able to execute the play. And so that goes for both soccer and basketball.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
You know what that is? I think that's Nash's a soccer game in, um, in the park in New York. I think it's something anyway, you look good.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Yeah, I think one, anytime you're asked to represent your country, I think it's an honor. Any ill will or hard foul or a buzzer beater, those things are never brought into the meeting room day one. We all leave that out. I think there's a great story with Coach K in 08. He wanted the egos to come into the room.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
He felt that he can manage those big egos when you talk about Kobe, LeBron, D-Wade, Melo. He wanted that because he felt that we needed that to be able to be successful, and he was 100% right. But I think it's when you can have one goal, and that's just winning the gold medal. There is no who's the leading scorer, who's the leading assist, or who leads in rebounds or minutes.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
one goal is just to win the game and that's it and move on to the next game until you are holding that gold medal and listening to that national anthem. And so I've been very fortunate to play on two national teams in 2000 in Australia and then 08 in China. And I thought that both teams have one goal and that was just to win a gold medal. And it was
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Now, practice was fun because guys wanted to get after it. Guys wanted to prove that they were better than the next. When you talk about Kobe and LeBron, they were on separate teams. Coach K knew that was going to be an incredible practice. And so when you talk about the chippiness that you see this in the playoffs this this season, I love it.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I love that the officials are just out there getting cardio. I love that they're letting the players, you know, decide the game. Was that a foul or not a foul? That last shot by Timmy, you know. They said they made a mistake and missed the foul. But I think up to that point, that was an incredible game by both teams making big and difficult shots. The shot making in that game was incredible.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And physically too, right?
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Yeah, I think you bring up a great point. I think a lot of it is mental. Right. I think when you're around talent and you believe you're one of the best, you get over being tired because, you know, when you go to practice, Chris Paul, Darren Williams, they're coming after you. When you talk about Gary Payton, he's going to embarrass you. And he's going to do a lot of talking anyway.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
He's going to tell you about it. Exactly. So I think when you have those opportunities to play for your national team, even if a long season, if you win a title, if you lose a title, I think just when you love competition, you're getting the best in the country. And so I think you kind of shift into another gear. And the best comes out. Whenever you can go against the best, you tend to
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
you know, find out what, what you're made of. And then also it answers a lot of questions on what do you have to work on to, to be great.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
That's a great question. When you look at... Things can be different. Athletes change in both games, faster, athletic, you know, they're bigger. And so I think to give a real answer to this question, I think it's our fault, really. When you talk about the spokesmen or women of the past to be able to educate our youth. And I think we have not done a great job of storytelling.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
I would love to see the 2010 or 12 Cup teams, the story behind in the locker room. Of winning. But the one thing that we have not shown, we always show winning. We have to show losing. It's all right to lose. It's all right to fail because we will learn from that.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And I think we've all been in that game or in that locker room where we just felt like we could have done a little bit more and we maybe let the team down. But we learn from it. We were sponges. We absorb that feeling and say, hey, we don't never want to feel like this again. So you get right back to work. And guess what? The others will follow.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And that's I think being able to be leaders for our youth is something that I think we need to lean into more. Does this Jason, does this generation.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Yeah, no, I think it's, I think this is a great community, uh, you know, question in the sense of what, what's wrong, what, what, what can we do to help? Um, You know, when you bring up LeBron, LeBron and them lost, you know, when they were on Team USA early and it didn't go well. And then things, you know, started to change.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
But I think, again, I think it comes back to us where we have to spend more time in that locker room. Um, because I, in, in our sport, in basketball, there's a lot of texting in the locker room. There's, there's no more conversation like, Hey, you know what? Uh, you know, look for me on the lab on the fast break. Cause I know when I would come and they forget about me. Okay. You know,
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Hey, when I have the ball at midfield, it's just a little give and go, right? Because I know once I pass it to you, they're going to relax and then I can go. I just, there's, I don't think there's enough conversation. And I know people will disagree with this, but I just think there's not enough conversation between player and player. Yeah.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And I think, and I think that's, that's where when we lose the Panama, okay. That wasn't our best effort. What can we improve on against Canada? And do we check the boxes? Do we improve or do we get worse? Because if we got worse, then we are letting ourselves down, but we're letting the country down. And I think the pride of our country is starting to be lost.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Yeah, I hope. The goal is, the plan, is to get there on May 18th for the last game. Yes. Awesome. To experience the history. It's going to be excitement, sadness. It's going to be a roller coaster of emotions. When you talk about Goodison Park, I'm excited.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
And then, yes, I would like to go see the new stadium, but I would love to just sit there and listen to the songs and everyone cheer and cry after that game on May 18th and just, you know, just sit in there and just absorb and be a sponge because this is where this has been for a lot of years. Yeah.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
No, I appreciate you guys having me. I got the secretary of defense, you know, and then I got the goat. How could I not say yes? I could be on here all day.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Jason Kidd talks Everton FC, Liverpool Win the League, and Barcelona Win the Copa Del Rey
Now, practice was fun because guys wanted to get after it. Talk about Kobe and LeBron. They were, you know, on separate teams. Coach K knew that was going to be an incredible practice.