Goalkeeper Responsibility Quotes

I try to control my box. I always think the goalkeeper has to be the chief of the box: it's his area, and he has to defend it.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

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

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

At the end of the day, we're goalkeepers, and we live with making mistakes. We learn from a young age that you can make a mistake at any point.

Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.

When we are thinking in an attacking moment, I want the goalkeeper thinking, for that, he is the first. The same when we are thinking defensively - I want our strikers to be thinking, 'We need to protect the goalkeepers.' I want those two moments to feel the same for all players.

I used to cry when I let in a goal. I always thought I was to blame because I was the last man.

I think, on one end, we need to understand that goalkeeping is an art and is also a very important position to have in your club.

I have always said that a striker scores a goal but not every goal is scored by a striker. A goalkeeper can make a mistake which is a goal, but every goal still goes past him and you have to accept that.

As a keeper, you have to understand that your job is black and white: you make a save, or you don't; you can be the hero - or the goat.

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

When you look at the goals he has been criticised for, at some point they could have been prevented by a defender, or it was a misunderstanding. It is not down to Joe Hart on his own.

Every player makes mistakes; every goalkeeper makes mistakes. Every manager does, every broadcaster - every person in life makes mistakes. But for goalkeepers, often when they make a mistake, it leads to a goal.

To build more interest in goalkeeping, we have to change how people think and report on goalkeepers. You are not just there to keep the ball out of the back of the net: you are there to impact the back four, to organise the team, essentially lead from the back. It is a really pivotal position.

Yes, obviously goalkeepers do the same training sessions and know about things - they are the only ones who can speak about being a goalkeeper because they have done the job and experienced it and know what it is like to make an error and be criticised.

Every position is difficult, but you're always involved in the biggest chances of the opponent; when there's a goal, you're always involved. It's difficult to explain, but this is the importance of the goalkeeper: he's always concentrated, even if he's not running as much as other players. He always needs to be focused.

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.

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