Average Quote by Wayne Gretzky

I started playing in goal because I 'struggled to run as fast as the strikers and the other players out there. I was 10…

— Ederson

I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches…

— Tim Howard

When I was nine or ten, I had a chat with my coach and I asked if I could play in goal. I started…

— Ederson

I was five when my uncle, who also coached my brother, took me to the local pitches. That's where my passion for goalkeeping began.

— Gianluigi Donnarumma

I played in goal for Notts County juniors. I liked that sense that goalkeepers were outsiders, mavericks. But I stopped when I realised I…

— Mathew Horne

I was fortunate to play on great teams that allowed me to play with my own personality, which is so important to a goaltender.

— Martin Brodeur

In the past, goalies weren't even part of the team. They had their own dressing room. They didn't speak with the other team members.…

— Manuel Neuer

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

— Hope Solo

In the 1970s you would have had lots of black goalkeepers and defensive midfield players but never made it professionally because the perception was,…

— John Barnes

As a kid, I mostly played as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker. But I grew a…

— Kevin De Bruyne

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

— Peter Shilton

Sometimes I played as a goalkeeper with my brother and his friends - they were all older, and nobody wanted to go in goal,…

— Carles Puyol