18 Quotes by Jacques Plante

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked?

Playing goal is like being shot at.

How would you like it if, at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?

If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again.

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game.

Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through.

If I don't wear the mask, I'm not playing.