Quotes About Competition

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

I don't worry about the thought of the game going to penalties - it doesn't matter!

It's obviously very tough for any team to lose on penalties.

Obviously if somebody scores 17 goals, you're not going to argue with him if he wants to take penalties.

I've saved a few penalties; I'm good at them.

Penalties are part of the game.

Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That's one part that brings emotion to my game.

I would hate to see the championship decided on grid penalties.

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game.

I know everyone is talking about them like it's easy but you can lose a final with a penalty.

You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.

As a player, you never want a penalty shoot-out, because it is a lottery to some extent. You'd rather win in 90 minutes.

Knowing where a team will usually place a penalty can be the difference between winning or losing.

There's no pressure on a goalkeeper in a penalty shootout. So it's a nice opportunity for us to have some fun and try and make some saves.

Sometimes you'll go up against keepers like Casillas - the 'penalty killer,' as many of us call him. Other times, there's that one defender that, for 90 minutes, just destroys you. There is one in particular who will always stand out in my mind. Nemanja Vidic.

We have always found it easier, and still do, when the opponent plays football as well, when they don't just think in defensive terms, don't just sit inside their penalty box. It's just nicer when the opponent plays football.

My best memory was probably scoring a penalty against Manchester United.

It doesn't matter who it is. If I'm going to see an open gap, I'm going to penetrate and try to finish over those guys. I'm not afraid of big guys.

I was always good at penetrating in Europe, but in Europe, you don't have so many shot-blockers as there are in the NBA, so it was easier.

It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder to lose one.

I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.

Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics.

It's always pressure to take a pen, doesn't matter if it's against City, or another team. It's always pressure to take the pens.

I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.