Goalkeeper Tactics Quotes

As a goalkeeper, Van der Sar can do everything. He is very good at coming off his line, and he is also effective as a libero - what they call in England a 'sweeper keeper.'

Every goalkeeper has their own strong points and qualities. What I like to do is focus on every keeper. You can pick bits out of every keeper where they are particularly strong, and you can learn from things like that.

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

I don't watch goalkeepers, to be honest.

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?'

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.

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.

It's a strange world, the goalkeeping world.

As a goalkeeper, you want to play.

It's my job to be a goalkeeper and keep the ball out of the net, and that's what I've done. I've kept a clean sheet.

I choose to be a goalkeeper.

Goalkeeping in women's football is catching up slowly. It is continuing to modernise, improving technically and physically.

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

You've got to do your homework, and you've got to look at what makes people successful, what makes penalty takers unsuccessful. Ultimately, they're the ones kicking it, so how can you transfer the pressure on to them? How can you disrupt their pattern to make it difficult?

I think the idea of crazy goalkeepers is an old thing, really.

The only technical difference you will find is, if you are keeping goal as a male, they will play a bit further out, but set positions are the same, and techniques are constantly evolving.

I want to become the best person as a goalkeeper I can be.

Sometimes journalists say that goalkeepers can do a little more when they play against Messi, but I see it in every training: it does not matter where you place yourself; he's going to shoot to the other side.