Quotes About Goalkeeping

We have many good keepers in Germany, and that's why you can never let your form dip.

It is never nice to see keepers make mistakes. All keepers talk about it, and we work very hard not to make those mistakes.

When I first arrived at Leatherhead, I banned our keeper from kicking it long.

I want to be in goal and play for Liverpool every week and then win a trophy with the club. That's what everyone wants. I want to do my part and help.

My very first sport was soccer. I used to play in goal, but after I was hit the face with the ball a couple of times, I was done with soccer.

You cannot train saving with your feet, but sometimes it is instinct. Sometimes it is quicker to go with the feet; going with the hands is sometimes more difficult. Even when I was young, I would go with my feet, it's something good for me.

The guys who play it [soccer] are kinda dumb. Why don't they just kick the crap out of the guy in front of the net? Then they could score all they want.

In Europe, you are taught to keep the ball out of the net any way possible. That's why Germany and Spain have the best goalkeepers in the world. They give young goalkeepers a chance and accept they are going to make mistakes. Long term, that will reap huge rewards.

The spectacular things come automatically if you're a good goalkeeper, but it's very important that you do all the basics right.

What's mostly left after a match? The scenes in front of the goal where the attackers are the highlights of the play. But doing the spectacular is not particularly important to me. I just want to play for my team.

There are constant messages I heard growing up... like, 'If you're unfit, you go in goal' or, 'If you're crap, you go in goal.' No, no, no! How do we change that? How do we give goalkeeping more respect?

Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive.

When you are in the goal, you have to concentrate totally on the game, but in a shoot-out when the striker is walking towards the penalty spot, you remember what you have been through and see it as a chance to make the difference.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

As a keeper, you have more time, and you do hear more from the stands.

Shoot-outs are always challenging, but as the keeper, I like to think that I enjoy them because there is no pressure on me.

A goalkeeping unit is different from outfield; the psychology is different.

If Alisson stays at Liverpool long enough he could break all the records that myself and Ray Clemence achieved.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

My big thing is we need to change how people feel about goalkeeping. I don't think there is enough respect for the position in the game, whether male or female. There is a stigma that you have to be a certain size or not very good with your feet, or you have had to go in goal as a last resort.

I think that what I strive to do every single day is to become a better goalkeeper.

I started playing in goal because I 'struggled to run as fast as the strikers and the other players out there. I was 10 years old.

We study the shooters of the opponents - the team, the goalkeeping coach and the other goalkeepers.

In football, you don't hold on to the ball just to hold on to the ball. When you have it you need to be dangerous, create opportunities and score goals. And when you don't, you make sure the opposition doesn't.