Zitat des Tages über Torwart / Goalkeeper:
Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourette's Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.
We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina.
My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough.
Paolo Maldini never won, but he was the best defender in the world. Gianluigi Buffon never won; he was the best goalkeeper in the world for many years. But this is the story of the Ballon d'Or.
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.
If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.
I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.
In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.