Karen Bardsley Quotes

It is part of being a goalkeeper: there is nobody behind to save you.

When you come to a club like Hibs not everyone can handle it, there's pressure in every single game to get results.

In the 123rd minute of the semifinal game at the Olympics against Canada, I scored the game-winning goal that brought us to the finals. You can't replicate those do-or-die moments in practice or a friendly game.

As a player, perhaps you have the chance to take part in a World Cup or a European Championship twice or three times in a lifetime. Other competitions, you have another match three days later. Here, it's different: we know we're out if we don't win.

With big clubs, it's always very demanding.

There are always games where you play for important things, but the semifinal of the Champions League is a responsibility.

I just enjoy playing in the big moments, in the big games.

The kind of work I do, there's usually a lot of money on the line; there are jobs on the line. It's not a world that lends itself to everyone being friendly all the time. We're certainly not sitting around holding hands singing 'Kumbaya.'

To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.

The World Cup, as an event, carries a lot of pressure, irrespective of the number of caps you have earned, and the pressure doubles when you play at home.

I joke that every time I'm in the playoffs, it feels like I'm in the Super Bowl.

There is always a case as a goalkeeper, if you make an error, it will lead to a goal.

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

Penalty shoot-outs are the most high-pressure situation that a goalkeeper will face, and in a World Cup, it's even worse because the stakes are so high.

I know the pressure of being Barcelona's goalkeeper, but I'm here to play my football and the football Barca want to play. I'm not afraid.

People from outside don't know how difficult it is to be goalkeeper.

I've always thought we've done our best work when everything is on the line.

Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.

You think it's so easy? Get in goal.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

Any time you go into the playoff game everyone's adrenaline is high and tensions are going, stuff like that.

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.

It's those moments when everything is on the line, and someone needs to show up in a big moment. I prepare my mind and I prepare my body to be ready for those moments. And I think it's just what I do. I live for those moments.

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.

It's the play-offs, the end of the season, the big games, if that doesn't excite you as a team or a player then you shouldn't be playing.