Gianluigi Buffon Quotes

I think it's important to make the simple things right: the easy saves, the catches, commanding the box. On top of that, if you make a super save, then that's great. It's the main base as a goalkeeper.

What goalkeeper doesn't like a little action?

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

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

Alisson is undoubtedly one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he deserves to be put on that pedestal. Him and Manuel Neuer are probably the best two when it comes to angles - those two are the very best in the world at getting their angles right, they don't have to dive because they aren't out of position.

As a goalkeeper it's so important to be in the right position to come and clear those through balls, to make those right decisions.

The quality of goalkeepers is very good in the Premier League - and you have to be good at using your feet.

I want to become the best person as a goalkeeper I can be.

The star-jump technique - that is a big part of being a handball goalkeeper, and I brought that move into football. It is a very effective way of saving a chance.

To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely.

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?'

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.

A misconception remains a misconception, even when it is shared by the majority of people.

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the other in seeing what we believe.

I want to stop goals going in the net.

Each of the top goalkeepers has a particular quality to teach me. I look at Diego Lopez, Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes, Gianluigi Buffon... they all have tremendous experience and ability, and have spent years proving they are the best.

The goalkeeper position is not an easy one. You can only speak about it if you are a goalkeeper yourself.

Bravo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Jordi Masip are three goalkeepers of the highest quality.

I think a goalkeeper has to participate at the back of the defence and come off the line to play.

Sometimes journalists say that goalkeepers can do a little more when they play against Messi, but I see it in every training: it does not matter where you place yourself; he's going to shoot to the other side.

The space between keepers and defenders is referred to as the 'corridor of opportunity' - a well-hit pass in there has the goalie questioning whether to come into traffic and defenders unsure of whether or where to clear the ball.

As far as fan perception, it's probably worse than it should be. I think it's getting better, but I think I still get perceived based on the things I did earlier in my career.

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

We need to give our goalkeepers the same level of training that we've given to our outfield players.