Martin Brodeur Quotes

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Martin Brodeur

Profession : Hockey Player

Birth : May 6, 1972

I watch a lot of tapes, a lot of games, all the replays. You watch the highlights on TV, those are all about goals getting scored or big saves. So you just look and see what guys do and how they're successful, and sometimes I see something and I go, Wow, that could work for me.

Martin Brodeur

You act in different ways for your own personal well-being, and you don't think about the people you hurt along the way. wish I would have thought about it.

Martin Brodeur

I don't know where sports in general will go. But when I grew up, you just played the sport. Parents just wanted to make sure that you were happy doing something.

Martin Brodeur

Growing up in Quebec, we were always playing sports. Your first athletic competition was against the kids living on your block.

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It's kind of funny the way it happened - the way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie. I mean, to me it just meant a chance to play more hockey, so I was all for it.

Martin Brodeur

My dad used to be a goalie. He actually won a bronze medal with Team Canada in 1956.

Martin Brodeur

After his hockey days, my dad became a photographer, and a really good one, at that. He used to shoot the Expos and Canadiens, and he'd give me five bucks to haul around his equipment during games. He never had to ask me twice to do it.

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I know there is a lot of pressure on a goalie, a lot of responsibilities, but if you add on to yourself more than you need to, it makes it harder to deal with the adversity.

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It's just part of me, playing the puck.

Martin Brodeur

I like to play the puck. I like to be creative a little bit around my net, and now it's been taken away.

Martin Brodeur

I didn't take any shortcuts for my success, that's for sure.

Martin Brodeur

It's a dream come true to be part of an NHL team, to be a regular in the NHL, to live the life, to make the money and do all that stuff.

Martin Brodeur

Every Christmas we went to my parents' cottage. My big brother would bring his buddies around, and we would play hockey games in the driveway.

Martin Brodeur

When you're a kid you always played to win a Stanley Cup in the streets or on the outdoor rinks, and when you do it for real, it's a pretty cool moment, it's something that I'm always going to remember.

Martin Brodeur

I think my mom is the person that holds the family together. For birthdays, for the holidays or whatever, everything has to go through my mom. She's the one reminding us about everything that's going on in the family, she's in touch with everybody while we're on our own doing our things.

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Patrick Roy was my idol when I was growing up.

Martin Brodeur

You compare a goalie position to a quarterback to a pitcher. You're going to make that decision of what's gonna happen to you. They're a high-pressure position. They're fun just for that.

Martin Brodeur

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but, I'm not scared of it.

Martin Brodeur

Yes, there's Montreal, but my real home, where my kids were born, where I became a citizen of this country, is New Jersey.

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I've played golf everywhere in New Jersey. People are nice to me. It's great.

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