Jacques Plante Quotes & Sayings

Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through. — Jacques Plante

Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you. — Jacques Plante

How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you? — Jacques Plante

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo? — Jacques Plante

Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked? — Jacques Plante

Playing goal is like being shot at. — Jacques Plante

If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again. — Jacques Plante

Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game. — Jacques Plante