Goalies Quotes

• How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?

  Jacques Plante

  Jobs, Mistake, Hockey

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• I don't fear stopping a 100 mph slap shot. I fear not stopping it!

  Roberto Luongo

  Hockey, Mph, Stopping

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• Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

  Jim McKenny

  Inspirational, Hockey, Nhl

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• Goalies often react quickly to shots with no regard for what might happen to their body because we are trained to stop pucks first and ask questions later.

  Martin Brodeur

  Puck, Body, Might

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• Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through.

  Jacques Plante

  Hockey, Appreciate, Goaltending

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• A goalies job is to stop pucks,.... Well yeah, thats part of it, but you know what else is?... Youre trying to deliver a message to your team that things are OK back here. This end of the ice is pretty well cared for. You take it now and go. Go! Feel the freedom in order to feel that dynamic, creative, offensive player and go out and score....That was my job. And it was to try to deliver a feeling.

  Ken Dryden

  Jobs, Team, Player

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• There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

  Vladislav Tretiak

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game.

  Steve Carell

  Winning, Games, Credit

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• Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.

  Ken Dryden

  Hurt, Stress, Mean

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• Most fans go wild when they see a goalie make what looks like a great save, but the chances are what they are seeing is a save that was made from being out of position.

  Mike Richter

  Hockey, Fans, Looks

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• I've told you guys before, goalies don't think.

  Chris Osgood

  Hockey, Thinking, Nhl

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• I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

  Brett Hull

  Sports, Hockey, Nhl

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• OK, they fire the puck from the blue line. Chief usually yelling 'block the shot' at the defensemen. They doesn't have the goalie gear, but they have to block the shot. So who is more crazy, me or the defensemen? Who is more weird?

  Ilya Bryzgalov

  Block, Crazy, Hockey

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• Playing goal is like being shot at.

  Jacques Plante

  Hockey, Nhl, Goal

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• For [Malcolm Subban] I know that he's the No. 1 ranked goalie in North America and the world right now, he's got a great opportunity. He's got to enjoy this whole process because it only comes once. Not that many players get the opportunity to walk up on that stage and get that jersey.

  P. K. Subban

  Opportunity, Player, America

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.

  Curtis Joseph

  Winning, Thinking, Accomplishment

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• Your best penalty killer is your goalie.

  Dave Allison

  Killers, Penalties

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• Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.

  Chico Resch

  Jobs, Hockey, Naps

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• The goalie is like the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make a mistake, somebody gets blown up.

  Arturs Irbe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Mistake

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• When I played in a 21-team league, there were six or seven goalies who were just average, and the equipment and pads were smaller. I came in the right era. I played for the right team. It was all speed, and creativity and imagination.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Team, Creativity, Average

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• I'm not a pretty goalie and I don't ever want to be called one, to tell you the truth.

  Ed Belfour

  Want

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• It's tough to look great as a goalie. Most of the time, you're the one either letting in a goal or losing the game, so no one wants to say anything or upset you, but at the end of the day you might need some talking to.

  Jake Allen

  Talking, Games, Goal

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my two Stanley Cup Rings.

  Patrick Roy

  Hockey, Two, Ears

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• It is pretty tough for a goalie when you look at it. You're always the last line of defense. If you let a goal in, you can't go to the bench and hide between the guys or anything

  Kirk McLean

  Hockey, Goal, Guy

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• The goal is too small and the goalies are too big.

  Scotty Bowman

  Hockey, Nhl, Goal

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