Goalkeepers Quotes

36 quotes by 33 authors

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper. — Bjork
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second. — Eric Cantona
Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd that feels the… — Nick Hornby
The qualities that one needs to be a good goalkeeper are exactly the same as to be a good sculptor. In both professions one should… — Eduardo Chillida
Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend PelÃ© has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without… — Pele
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… — Pete Gill
Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could beat people with… — Osvaldo Ardiles
Massive, massive mentality. The mental strength, you've just got to have that because you get a lot of stick, as a goalkeeper you're the last… — David Seaman
I can't fault my players. We created a lot of chances but we missed out on a victory because of the woodwork and goalkeeper Bonano,… — Frank Rijkaard
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
You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper. — Gianluigi Buffon
Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties. — Kevin Keegan
No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look… — Andre Agassi
It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one… — Ian Rush
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
What a debut for the young goalkeeper, as a striker. — Peter Drury
Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm. — Barry Davies
I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person — Iker Casillas
In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. — John Motson
Being a goalkeeper gives you quite a unique perspective on things. You are part of a team yet somehow separate; there are no grey areas,… — Brad Friedel

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