Kelley O'Hara Quotes

I want to stop goals going in the net.

Your best penalty killer is your goalie.

I hate letting goals in, and some of them have come in a bit of an awkward manner.

Of course you don't want to concede a goal in any game.

I have played as a goalkeeper since I was six but I always worked on my ball skills, playing with my foot, knowing how to control the ball, how to pass. But the main thing is to save goals.

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.

Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.

If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.

It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.

The teams that defend well are as important as those that attack well. If you don't concede goals it is much easier to win but it is all about having balance.

What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.

Messi plays in Spain, we know he makes a difference, but if you've played against him then maybe you're aware of situations that can repeat on the pitch. But Messi is Messi, with his talent, he may send a spark with very little and make the difference. He is unpredictable.

A striker scores goals, but the goalkeepers saves them, the defenders close chances down, and all the credit is shared out.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

I'm not Giovinco. I don't get the ball and dribble past three players.

I think if you're not conceding so many goals, it gives you a great platform to win games.

I personally like the way John Stones plays because I think he's a great defender.

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

When we have a defensive situation in which we are conceding too many goals, it is not just a problem in the defense but the entire team, starting with the coach.

If I keep a clean sheet, I have had a good game; it is as simple as that.

I don't take the ball in the middle of the pitch and dribble past six guys.

If you concede a goal, it can be up to seven or eight mistakes leading up to it but, obviously, as a goalkeeper you have to accept it has gone past you.

Do I want to be the best defender in Europe? Of course. Any defender will tell you that - who wouldn't want to be the best?

I'm going to play with one goalkeeper, obviously, one defender, one midfielder and two attackers, very offensive because we need to score goals.

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.