Quotes & Sayings About Goalkeepers
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The danger all goalkeepers face is thinking too much, that the nature of their position gives them time to dwell on doubts. — Jonathan Wilson

I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered. — Stephen Keshi

Maybe Napoleon was wrong when he said we were a nation of shopkeepers ... Today England looked like a nation of goalkeepers. — Tom Stoppard

Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm. — Barry Davies

In a sense it's a one-man show ... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. — John Motson

I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper. I want to be remembered as a great person — Iker Casillas

Iker has never stopped being one of the best goalkeepers in the world. For me, Iker is a top goalkeeper and has never not been. — Cristiano Ronaldo

For a goalkeeper, there is no hiding place — Brad Friedel

Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa. — Stephen Keshi

Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists? — Pete Gill

No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square. — Andre Agassi

You were only a goalkeeper. — Diego Maradona

There are very few young goalkeepers who play at the top level. Most goalkeepers figure it out as time goes on. — Tim Howard

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it. — Johan Cruijff

In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that remain a mystery, the modern preference is for side-footed placement and so the dilemma of goalkeepers has changed from whether to take a guess at dive right or left to if they should dive at all. Or at least that ought to have been their reappraisal. Almunia was feted as the hero in Rome but had he and Doni stayed in the centre of their goal then the number of saves they made in the shoot-out would have been doubled. — Pete Gill

Neuer is one of the best goalkeepers in history. — Pep Guardiola

There have only been two world-class goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester City. — Lev Yashin

That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs? — Clive Tyldesley

Some goalkeepers are really sexy with their feet. I have a little sexiness with my feet, but I don't like to bring it out. — Tim Howard

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? — Desmond Tutu

Everything Iniesta does impresses me. He could even play as goalkeeper. He's magical. — Zinedine Zidane

When I played football, I liked being a goalkeeper or a midfielder. I was probably better at cricket. I would be a very good cricketer if I was a professional now. I think I would probably have been the best, in fact. — Usain Bolt

I am not the best goalkeeper in the world, it is Vladimir Beara. — Lev Yashin

Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties. — Kevin Keegan

Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper. — Gary Speed

I had a certain system at penalties, I always watched the goalkeeper. — Thomas Muller

I can't fault my players. We created a lot of chances but we missed out on a victory because of the woodwork and goalkeeper Bonano, who did very well. — Frank Rijkaard