Martin Brodeur Quotes

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Martin Brodeur

Profession : Hockey Player

Birth : May 6, 1972

I'm a regular hockey guy.

Martin Brodeur

In New Jersey, you're able to live your life.

Martin Brodeur

There is no way I could've been so durable playing in the Western Conference. The travel is nuts.

Martin Brodeur

I played hockey with the best of them.

Martin Brodeur

In life, nothing is always fun.

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I think I was just really comfortable in my goalie equipment, just being in the net and being by myself for 60 minutes and talking to myself sometimes.

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On the personal level, it's hard for a goalie. You don't get awards for save percentage or anything like that. Your work is really put into how many wins you can get, how many times you can get your team in the playoffs and all that. So I took a lot of pride in winning.

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I couldn't care less lots of times about getting scored on late in a game because it would affect my goals-against average or my save percentage.

Martin Brodeur

Every time I have a chance I'm going to make a pass to one of my players in practice. Every time I have a chance I'm going to clear the puck just to see how far I'm going to be able to shoot it.

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My life was going to school, having a snack and going outside to play hockey until dinner time. I would then do my homework and go back out to play, but only if the Canadiens weren't playing that night. That's what I did every day, whether it was street hockey or pond hockey.

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The thing about hockey for me is I'm really competitive and I like to have fun.

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When you have a little success you let up a little bit.

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Hockey is just a game.

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Every year you go out and there are teams you have success against and there are teams that are a little tougher.

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I'm a guy that wanted to have fun. When I look back at all the wins I had, I must have had a lot of fun playing the game and made people happy.

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You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

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I practiced and played a certain way that kept my body limber. That's probably why I never got hurt.

Martin Brodeur

Before I played in the NHL I had two surgeries. Definitely I was like, 'Wow, this is not good. I haven't played a game yet and I have two surgeries.' I didn't get another one ever again. I was fortunate.

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There are good people here in the Midwest. That's for sure.

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I'm just glad that people think I'm good. The other way around would not be fun!

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