Belfour Quotes & Sayings

I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to do everything that you're not supposed to do when you plan a novel; I'm going to step back and let this thing take itself wherever it wants to go, and I'm not going to worry about how things connect until later on.' — Hari Kunzru

It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities - life is worth living, and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked. — Patrick Kavanagh

My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games. — Ed Belfour

I simply don't accept losing well. I just feel whatever it takes to win, you have to do it. — Ed Belfour

There's an old saying that when it gets tough the tough get going. You have to work your way through these things. — Ed Belfour

Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad and you want to help the team so badly that you end up trying too much instead of letting the play come to you. — Ed Belfour

I hate to lose. Sometimes, I let my emotions get out of control. — Ed Belfour

Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive. — Ed Belfour

Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it. — Ed Belfour

I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night. — Ed Belfour

I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long. — Ed Belfour

The more noise, the higher I get. — Ed Belfour

I have seen streets where someone said it's all fine, and then it was full of land mines. — Anja Niedringhaus

Dream large and make yaour dreams defy the laws of gravity. Soar high and show your inner strength — Lee Pryke

It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us. — Ed Belfour

One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think. — Ed Belfour

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country. — George William Norris

I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be. — Ed Belfour

...a totally dried noose for one is to another an integrated text adept at the cards that ruin whimsy... — Peter Ganick

There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you. — Ed Belfour

I'm trying to be among the elite night after night, year after year. I just want to be the best ... and I love winning. — Ed Belfour

I take it upon myself to get motivated. I know when I have a bad game. It's something I think about myself when it happens, and I don't need someone to tell me I didn't do this or didn't do that. — Ed Belfour

I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome. — Ed Belfour

When one guy undermines the other, it only causes trouble, and the team isn't successful. It's very important for both of us to accept our role and help the team. One guy can get hot, and if that's Alex, I'll support him and help any way I can. — Ed Belfour

Austen is a moralist, but, as John Lauber has put it, she is not a "punitive" moralist. Sometimes her villains receive no more serious punishment than to achieve their desires. Often that is punishment enough. — Peter J. Leithart

I'm definitely one of the best. Always have been; always will be. I won't accept anything less. — Ed Belfour

But Mort caught me before I even left the house and insisted on taking me himself, figuring that I would probably go and investigate on my own no matter how many times he stopped me."
"Little Driggs sounds a lot like me," Said Lex.
"Please don't besmirch his memory. — Gina Damico

Seeing Ed Belfour have expectations higher than anyone else of him shows the kind of competitor he is. I would love to incorporate a high level of professionalism into my game. — Marty Turco

I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto. — Ed Belfour

I'm not a pretty goalie and I don't ever want to be called one, to tell you the truth. — Ed Belfour

It takes two guys on a team to do very well in the end and be successful. — Ed Belfour

I've been real fortunate to be on a lot of great teams. — Ed Belfour

I love proving people wrong. — Ed Belfour

Eddie is like one of those great relief pitchers in baseball who gets the strikeout at the right time. Belfour comes up with the great saves when you need them. — Rick Tocchet

When people count me out, that gets me motivated. — Ed Belfour

Fashion is a cruel mistress. — Hester Browne

I always wanted to play professional hockey. Every hockey player's dream, no matter at what level or what age, is to play professionally. At first you don't know what it's all about, but you have that dream and you always work hard toward it. The older you get, the more you start dedicating yourself to the game. — Ed Belfour

Tipsy isn't a miracle wonder cat. That was always the deal: you'd get your cat back, but he'd be sort of creepy. We discussed this. — Jeff Strand