As I packed my bags for our East Coast trip to New York, I realized I had way more stuff than when I arrived two months ago. A few trips to the Nike and adidas employee stores will do that to you I guess. Having somehow zipped the last zipper of my borrowed Portland Pilots duffle bag (traumatic), I … [Read more...]
Superheroes via @TiffanyWeimer
The night before our last regular season home game I watched The Dark Knight because it happened to be on TV. Similar to when Pink Floyd is on the radio, I can never turn Batman off the TV if it’s on. There aren’t many movies that can take me away from my cell phone, or my selfie phone … [Read more...]
The Pursuit of Great via @TiffanyWeimer
I randomly picked out the book Examined Lives by James Miller – because like most athletes, I think I’m on the path to becoming the next Socrates. (The irony of that statement is that Socrates was also one of the Brazilian soccer players I grew up idolizing – video clips … [Read more...]
Tiffany Wiemer on Taking the Next Step
This is my first post since joining the Portland Thorns of the NWSL. If you weren’t aware that I changed teams, now you know. I made the daring move from my “comfortable” life overseas back to the country I was born in. I imagine people have been dying for a post about the Thorns. … [Read more...]
Defining Success via @TiffanyWeimer
It usually takes a lot of thinking to get to this point. The point where I’m sitting at my desk listening to some song that has no words by a dude born in the 1700s, looking at a blank post, eagerly awaiting those first few words. It takes even more actually to type though. Sometimes … [Read more...]
Why nutmegs are metaphors for life ( via @TiffanyWeimer)
What does it really mean to nutmeg someone in soccer? After doing extensive (typing the word “nutmeg” into Google) research, I found this on Wikipedia: “The most likely source, however, was postulated by Peter Seddon in his book “Football Talk – The Language And … [Read more...]
We Are Magic (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
If you’re familiar with 80s music then maybe you know where my title came from. I had my iTunes on shuffle and this Olivia Newton-John song came on. I didn’t even know it was on my iTunes at all. This line “you have to believe we are magic” really got me thinking. The idea … [Read more...]
A Conversation With Your Next Week Self (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
As I was sitting on the plane from Newark to Amsterdam, beginning my journey back to Hjørring for the second part of the season, so many thoughts went through my head. I was having what I like to call unorganized thoughts, or mixed emotions. For the most part in my life, I know what I feel … [Read more...]
Word to the third bird (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
A couple weeks ago I listened to my first audio book while I was driving in the car to pick up a friend at the airport. The book was called “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast” (it’s $2 in iTunes). It sparked a ton of ideas, but none more important to me than … [Read more...]
How (Ocho) Got Her Groove Back (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
I just finished the book Shine: How to Survive and Thrive at Work by Chris Barez-Brown and have some thoughts. As always. For those looking for a quick, easy read, it’s perfect. It talks about upping your ‘Elvis factor’, which is what I’m all about. I’m … [Read more...]