Martin Brodeur Quotes

Sometimes durability's better than ability, especially in this crazy sport.

I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

There's no question in my mind: not only am I going to be able to make it through 16 games, I'll make it through another five years.

Even Rod Woodson will tell you his best year he had as a professional was when he was 36 years old. If you think about why, you're much wiser.

Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.

To be somebody you must last.

Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.

Quality survives.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

I'm quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.

In high school, I played football and became an all-American offensive lineman, but my father hadn't been to any of my games. In those instances, you still hold your head up high. But, when you look up into the stands and you see everyone else's parents cheering and supporting, you have to just stay focused and push through.

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

I had a hell of a career - didn't miss no games.

There's a lot of guys that are able to perform for a short period of time. It could be a week, it could be a month, it could be two months, it could be one season. It's doing it over and over. And being consistent was something that watching Patrick Roy all these years, that's what he was. He never had down years.

If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.

I want to be playing into January for the rest of my career, God willing.

I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.

I hope to continue playing until the age of 40, just like Francesco Totti.

If you're on the top for your sport or 10 years it's going to seem like you've had more knock-backs than someone who has been at the top for three years.

I always thought if you run a Marathon in less than 4 hours, there is a tick of athletic accomplishment in that. Anything over that is just an old guy with a hard head who isn't going to stop until he's done.

There have been other players of a similar build and stature to myself - slim, if you like - who have come here and shown a physical resilience in the way that I hope to as well.

I've won every single event there is to win as a wrestler, and I still continue to come back every single year. The hard part for me is, 'OK, how long can you do this?'