Goalkeepers Quotes · Page 2

Thank God Brazilian goalkeepers are now learning to play with their feet, because that was the big problem.

— Cafu

Top of my wish list is to play for a club that wants me to be their goalkeeper.

— Joe Hart

For goalkeepers, the better years, they say, come from the age of 27 or 28.

— Thibaut Courtois

Petr Cech is one of the finest goalkeepers I have seen and he has proved that in the Premier League.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

We study the shooters of the opponents - the team, the goalkeeping coach and the other goalkeepers.

— Ederson

With goalkeepers, when a team looks for a keeper, it looks for someone with experience.

— Robert Green

I think the idea of crazy goalkeepers is an old thing, really.

— Lukasz Fabianski

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with; if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

— Mark Lawrenson

At the end of the day, we're goalkeepers, and we live with making mistakes. We learn from a young age that you…

— David de Gea

A match against Pakistan is never an easy prospect - especially for goalkeepers in a penalty shootout. We can either become heroes…

— P. R. Sreejesh

Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military who makes the bombs - one mistake and everyone gets blown…

— Artur Boruc

Goalkeepers need to have some stability, some certainty and some freedom to make mistakes knowing that you're not going to have to…

— Kasper Schmeichel

Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.

— Peter Schmeichel

Iker has never stopped being one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For me, Iker is a top goalkeeper and has…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

So the difference between goalkeepers and outfielders is the little, tiny, minute details which are the difference and when they go against…

— Kasper Schmeichel

Every player makes mistakes; every goalkeeper makes mistakes. Every manager does, every broadcaster - every person in life makes mistakes. But for…

— Peter Schmeichel

I used to go and help coach the younger goalkeepers on Tuesday and Thursday nights for a little bit more money when…

— Aaron Ramsdale

To build more interest in goalkeeping, we have to change how people think and report on goalkeepers. You are not just there…

— Karen Bardsley

I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or…

— Hope Solo

Each of the top goalkeepers has a particular quality to teach me. I look at Diego Lopez, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes, Gianluigi…

— Keylor Navas

Liverpool had African players from the '50s and '60s. There were goalkeepers in the early days from South Africa. Then in 1981…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s…

— Jose Mourinho

You'll always find that goalkeepers are a team within the team, and I've always had good relationships with the others, which is…

— Wojciech Szczesny

Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was…

— Declan Lynch

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

— Bjork

Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa.

— Stephen Keshi

Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical.

— Zinedine Zidane

Big teams want goalkeepers who are not only good on the line but good with their feet as well.

— Shkodran Mustafi

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

— Jens Lehmann

We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.

— Jamie Carragher

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

— Hope Solo

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

— Johan Cruijff

I'm not stupid - if you buy one of the world's best goalkeepers, it's not to keep him on the bench.

— Wojciech Szczesny

Ultimately, goalkeepers are on their own. I like the solitude.

— Victor Valdes

Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Jordi Masip are three goalkeepers of the highest quality.

— Luis Enrique

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

— Asmir Begovic

I always had a concept of watching great players, great goalkeepers.

— Keylor Navas

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

— Geoff Hickson

Do goalkeepers get nervous about the dreaded spot-kick? I don't, not any more.

— David James

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

— Clive Tyldesley