CURTIS JOSEPH

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

I'm usually a patient guy anyway.

Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.

I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

It's important for me to have my family close.

A happy player is a good player, I think.

I'm just living my life.

The lack of sweat to get a win is probably a record for me.

Leaf fans loyalty is unshakeable. The fans keep coming back and it hurts, I have been there. I have lost in game six to go to the finals with the Maple Leafs, against Carolina and what a great final that would have been.

I'm so busy right now, it's the beginning of the hockey season for my kids.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.

You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.

I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that it worked for everyone. But I recommend it.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

Sometimes you're only human and you learn.

I cry at movies.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I still have the passion to play.

There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.