Curtis Joseph Quotes

Sometimes you're only human and you learn.

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

It's important for me to have my family close.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that it worked for everyone. But I recommend it.

Leaf fans loyalty is unshakeable. The fans keep coming back and it hurts, I have been there. I have lost in game six to go to the finals with the Maple Leafs, against Carolina and what a great final that would have been.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.

I'm usually a patient guy anyway.

I've got a lot to look forward to. I'm trying to be the best father I can, and that's a pretty important role. Some would say it's more important than stopping pucks.

I still have the passion to play.

I'm just living my life.

You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.