Last Line of Defense Quotes

I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.

Goaltending, sometimes it's tough because you're in the air and you say, 'No, no. Don't take the ball.'

We sometimes undervalue the importance of goalkeepers.

Sometimes you can't help conceding as a keeper, but that's the whole reason you are there.

Iker Casillas is one of those keepers who always seems to be at his best in the really difficult games when he has hardly got anything to do but reacts when needed in those emergency situations.

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

Goalies almost never get credit for winning a game, but they always get blamed for losing a game.

The goalkeeper is very, very important, as much as a striker. Anyone who wants to win a title has to have a goalkeeper.

Goalkeeper is a very influential position, and that is becoming recognised now. If you think about it, any error that we make can be fatal for the team. It can lead to a goal and cause a defeat.

I defend my goal as if it were my home. I do my best to defend it and not to allow anyone to score goals or penetrate that. It's true.

My last defense / Is the present tense.

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.

Centre-back is my best position. I think everyone is aware of that.

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.

We, the goalkeepers, have a specific job.

Goalkeepers are all the same.

Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs...The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.