Goalies Quotes

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

Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks. ~ Roberto Luongo

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending. ~ Vladislav Tretiak

I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs. ~ Andy Gray

You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life.
(after not being picked starting goalie) ~ Jens Lehmann

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

Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies. ~ Brendan I. Koerner

I don't fear stopping a 100 mph slap shot. I fear not stopping it! ~ Roberto Luongo

They're happy to be Siamese twins. They feel blessed. But the rest of us have to go through the world alone. And they don't. And because they have this great attitude, they have a lot of friends. They were the kings of the prom. You know, they were in the state championship hockey team. You know, they're the goalie. And it's just they're a couple of winners who happen to be Siamese twins. ~ Peter Farrelly

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

Each team has a net liner, a goalie, and five attackers. We have two defenders on the ice and three forwards. Our forwards are left winger, centre man and a right winger. We work as units of five. In ice hockey you go out and you go as hard as you can for 35 to 45 seconds, then we change. ~ Gerad Adams

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie. ~ Brett Hull

Over the weekend, Vladimir Putin scored eight goals during a hockey game. It happened just after he had the goalie executed. ~ Conan O'Brien

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

The goal is too small and the goalies are too big. ~ Scotty Bowman

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

In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender. ~ Johan Cruijff

Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie? ~ Steven Wright

When I look at the net I don't see a goalie. ~ Pavel Bure

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

The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time. I'm sure I wasn't the only goalie who did that. ~ Johnny Bower