Goalie
Quotes - They said it
"My face is my mask"
- Lorne "Gump" Worsley, when asked why he never wore
face protection in 21 seasons -
"You gotta be nuts to be a goalie."
- Rogers OHL Primetime announcer -
"In hockey, without a good goaltender you're dead"
- Don Cherry -
"Every time a puck gets past me and I look back in my net, I say 'Oh,oh'"
- Bernie Parent, when asked why he wore #00 in the WHA -
"I'm going to try to hide my birth certificate and hold on as long as I
can"
- Leafs goalie Curtis Joseph, after being asked whether he can
play as long as former Leaf Johnny Bower did -
"The goal nets were guarded by two young men whose parents obviously
never gave them any good advice"
- NY Sun writer in 1926 on a Nov 16th game between the NY Rangers
& the Montreal Maroons -
"Goldberg, you're the goalie it's SUPPOSED to hit you" - Charlie.
"Does that sound STUPID to anyone else?? - Goldberg.
- An exchange between two characters from the movie The Mighty
Ducks -
"When he's in the net, his pads cover post-to-post better than anyone in
hockey. It always appears there is no room to shoot."
- Former Flyers Head Coach Terry Murray on Dominik Hasek -
"(It's) as helpless as you are going to feel. It's a
tough thing, but what are you going to do? If I played 60 minutes like that, I
wouldn't be talking to you guys, I'd probably be [passed out] on the table over
there."
- North America goalie Martin Brodeur, who allowed five goals on
23 shots in the third period of Sunday's All-Star Game in Denver (Feb 4/01)
"There is no
position in sport as noble as goaltending"
- Valdislav Tretiak, the great Russian Goalie
"The goalie is like
the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make
a mistake, somebody gets blown up."
- Arturs Irbe, San Jose Sharks goalie