Defender Quote by Mario Gomez

As a goalkeeper, you like to be called upon.

— Manuel Neuer

Of course you think about the goalkeeper you are facing before a game. You have to prepare yourself for the game and think about…

— Mohamed Salah

Goalkeeper is a very influential position, and that is becoming recognised now. If you think about it, any error that we make can be…

— Alisson

No one goalkeeper is like the next. We all have different techniques and we all play the game differently.

— Rui Patricio

As a striker, your job is mostly to forget. When you have someone like Vidic marking you, and it's misery for 89 minutes, all…

— Mario Gomez

The goalkeeper is very, very important, as much as a striker. Anyone who wants to win a title has to have a goalkeeper.

— Fabio Capello

As a goalkeeper, you want to be the best, but you can only get better by playing games, making saves, and putting in man-of-the-match…

— Jordan Pickford

What kind of a goalkeeper is the one who is not tormented by the goal he has allowed? He must be tormented! And if…

— Lev Yashin

I played with Romario. Sometimes you think he's sleeping, then in one split second he's scoring. It's a big quality. That means a lot…

— Ronald Koeman

As a striker, as I originally was, and then an attacking midfielder, it has always been my aim in life to embarrass goalkeepers: to…

— Paul Scholes

Every goalkeeper has their own strong points and qualities. What I like to do is focus on every keeper. You can pick bits out…

— David de Gea

As a goalkeeper, you have to take risks even though at times you may make mistakes.

— Victor Valdes