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SPORTS QUOTES

Lacrosse and Hockey Goalie Quotes

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"Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through." ~ Jacques Plante

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"There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending." ~ Vladislav Tretiak

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"Playing goal is like being shot at." ~ Jacques Plante

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"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

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"We are the sort of people who make health insurance popular." ~ Hall of Fame goalie Terry Sawchuk

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"Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental"

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"We get a small mention in a win and all the blame in a loss" Ed McGaffey Detroit Turbos

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"If you are not off before you start playing goal, you will be by the time you are done" Tom Wright Detroit Turbos

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"You do not have to be mental to play this position... but it helps" Gump Worsley Montreal Canadians

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Life is like playing goalie, if you blink the most improtant thing is past you.

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"When I started playing goalie everyone called me crazy. But they're the ones running after the ball, I just let it come to me".

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"If it hits you, you might die. If you miss it, you'll wish you did."

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"In Biblical times, I stoned people to death. Now they are repaying me by hurling *balls* at my head" - Giles Gratton, former netminder

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"Goalies are fine fellows when you meet them at *the center of the field*. They are fine fellows off the *field* too. But don't think this cordiality is going to apply when you *run* by the front of his *crease*. He'll slice you up if you come in close" - Chandler Sterling, writer