Quotes & Sayings About Goalies

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

If our goalies were in a divorce case, they could sue for lack of support and be millionaires tomorrow. — Terry Crisp

You don't feel sorry for yourself, you get on with life.
(after not being picked starting goalie) — Jens Lehmann

I've told you guys before, goalies don't think. — Chris Osgood

In hockey, nearly everyone plays with a partner. The offense forward line is made up of a left wing, a center, and a right wing. The defense skates in pairs. Only the goalie is alone and he's always weird. Always.

Kenny Simms, who graduated last year, was one of the greatest goalies at Briar and probably the reason we won three Frozen Fours in a row, but that guy had the strangest fucking habits. He talked to himself more than he talked to anyone else, sat in the back of the bus, preferred to eat alone. On the rare occasion that he came out with us, he'd argue the entire time. I once got into it with him over whether there was too much technology available to children. We argued about that topic for the entire three hours we were knocking back beers at the bar.

Sabrina reminds me of Simms. — Elle Kennedy

Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game. — Steve Carell

Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies. — Brendan I. Koerner

I don't fear stopping a 100 mph slap shot. I fear not stopping it! — Roberto Luongo

Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment. — Curtis Joseph

Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks. — Roberto Luongo

When I look at the net I don't see a goalie. — Pavel Bure

A goalies job is to stop pucks, ... Well yeah, thats part of it, but you know what else is? ... Youre trying to deliver a message to your team that things are OK back here. This end of the ice is pretty well cared for. You take it now and go. Go! Feel the freedom in order to feel that dynamic, creative, offensive player and go out and score ... That was my job. And it was to try to deliver a feeling. — Ken Dryden

I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs. — Andy Gray

The goal is too small and the goalies are too big. — Scotty Bowman

Goalies often react quickly to shots with no regard for what might happen to their body because we are trained to stop pucks first and ask questions later. — Martin Brodeur

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie. — Brett Hull

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

I'm not a reflex goalie. I try to make as many stops as possible with with my stomach. — Jean-Sebastien Giguere