In the end, you need to be a little masochistic to be a goalkeeper. A masochist and egocentric as well.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.
The role of a goalkeeper is difficult to judge, above all if you haven't been a goalkeeper. It's like me giving an opinion on someone's job without having had any experience in their sector. You start to realise how many stupid things are said and written about goalkeepers.
I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
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 couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.
I'm sorry, but until my last day as a coach, I will try to play from my goalkeeper.
Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourette's Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior.
To be a striker you need to be in good shape.
I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.
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