Top 11 Goaltending Quotes & Sayings

Goaltending, sometimes it's tough because you're in the air and you say, 'No, no. Don't take the ball.'

If you get goaltending above the curve, you have an immense advantage.

I've always had good hands, but my reaction time is something goaltending helped me with, being able to track the ball at such a fast speed.

Goaltending is a suffering position. Your equipment protects you from injury, but not from pain, every time you go out there. And if you allow a goal, the red lights go on for everyone to see. But you get to be a hero too!

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Goaltending is to hockey like putting is to golf. It really has no relationship to the rest of the game.

Goaltending can steal you a series.

Goaltending beats top notch scoring anytime!

There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending.

You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.

Goaltending was brought in because of Mikan and Chamberlain. So rules do change for specific players, in concert with a need to stay up to date on how coaches are taking advantage of the rules.