Goalkeepers Quotes - Page 2

• The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save.

  Lev Yashin

  Space, Joy, Flying

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• What a debut for the young goalkeeper, as a striker.

  Peter Drury

  Soccer, Football, Young

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• I had a certain system at penalties, I always watched the goalkeeper.

  Thomas Muller

  Penalties, Certain

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• In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that remain a mystery, the modern preference is for side-footed placement and so the dilemma of goalkeepers has changed from whether to take a guess at dive right or left to if they should dive at all. Or at least that ought to have been their reappraisal. Almunia was feted as the hero in Rome but had he and Doni stayed in the centre of their goal then the number of saves they made in the shoot-out would have been doubled.

  Pete Gill

  Soccer, Football, Hero

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• Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties.

  Kevin Keegan

  Twenties, Kevin, Today

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• I am not the best goalkeeper in the world, it is Vladimir Beara.

  Lev Yashin

  World

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• I have never seen anything like that before. He must have given his last three managers heart attacks. I like to see those sort of things - as long as they come from the other goalkeeper.

  Terry Venables

  Soccer, Football, Heart

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• Iker has never stopped being one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For me, Iker is a top goalkeeper and has never not been.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  World

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• Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelsea’s goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar.

  Jose Mourinho

  Hands, Years, Giving

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• I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.

  Hope Solo

  Soccer, Growing Up, Kids

  Source: soccerlens.com

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• Neuer is one of the best goalkeepers in history.

  Pep Guardiola

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• I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

  Hope Solo

  Winning, Journey, The End Of The Day

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• It does not make a goalkeeper look good and, after it, I did not want to celebrate out of respect for him.

  Asmir Begovic

  Football, League, Doe

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• Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without proper soccer training a player will never reach his full potential. It is true that great speed would benefit someone who plays as a winger but would not be as useful for a goalkeeper. The greatest advantage of soccer is that it is not as discriminating as basketball or volleyball. There are no limitations when it comes to physique and it all comes down to individual soccer skills.

  Pele

  Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball

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• In fact, my entire childhood consisted of looking at photographs in which the viewer sees the ball behind the line, looking through the goal net, and the poor goalkeeper in front of the net.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Goal, Childhood, Balls

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm not on this earth to be a goalie. I'm not here to stop somebody from accomplishing their goals. If you're not hurting anybody, I'm here to either assist or get out of the way

  Kyle Kinane

  Hurt, Accomplishment, Goal

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• Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourettes Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.

  Tim Howard

  Kids, Years, Brain

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• Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.

  Barry Davies

  Soccer, Football, Feet

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• There have only been two world-class goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester City.

  Lev Yashin

  Boys, Class, Cities

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• That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs?

  Clive Tyldesley

  Football, Legs, Beats

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• When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?

  Dennis Bergkamp

  Nice, Space, People

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• I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered.

  Stephen Keshi

  Shattered, Former, Heard

  Source: host00.soccerladuma.net

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• Arsenal have a goalkeeper emergency at the moment. I'll gladly step in.

  Jens Lehmann

  Emergencies, Steps, Moments

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• He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

  Johan Cruijff

  Winning, Outstanding, Extraordinary

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• Maybe Napoleon was wrong when he said we were a nation of shopkeepers... Today England looked like a nation of goalkeepers.

  Tom Stoppard

  Today, England, Said

  1977 Professional Foul. See Napoleon 607:68.

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