Curtis Joseph Quotations

Leaf fans loyalty is unshakeable. The fans keep coming back and it hurts, I have been there. I have lost in game six to go to the finals with the Maple Leafs, against Carolina and what a great final that would have been.

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today.

No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.

Wins are the most important measure for goalies, I think. Certainly it's a great accomplishment.

I'm so busy right now, it's the beginning of the hockey season for my kids.

You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.

Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

A happy player is a good player, I think.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

The lack of sweat to get a win is probably a record for me.

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.

There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.

It's important for me to have my family close.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

We're going to have to play real disciplined, almost a perfect game, for us to go in there and win on the road.

Make hay while the sun shines, that's our motto.

Signing one-year deals, you look at the future and you know what's going to happen. My preference is to stay here for sure . . . . If (a trade) is going to help the hockey club, that's what they have to do.

If we play like this more often, I really like our postseason chances. Every time people start to count us out, we rally and show what kind of team we can be. This win in this building, two games after beating Dallas, absolutely gives us a confidence boost coming down the stretch.

I felt bad for Brian because he's a good guy, but at the same time I got to work on my game more. I wasn't very good in those exhibition games, so it was good that I got those out of my system.

For us to win at the end of the year, it's a nice ride home and something to remember in the summer.

If it's Edmonton, I certainly know some people there.

I saw the puck very well and the guys were clearing the rebounds for me so that's a good combination.

I'm still getting used to the D and they're still getting used to me but I yell a lot out there. They let me see the puck tonight and that's key as any goalie will tell you.

We didn't have our sharpness tonight. I didn't have my A-game.

We didn't have our sharpness tonight, and they played very well. They went to the net on the first two goals, and that's what we got to do to score.

Sometimes you're only human and you learn.

I'm usually a patient guy anyway.

I'm just living my life.

I still have the passion to play.

I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that it worked for everyone. But I recommend it.

I've got a lot to look forward to. I'm trying to be the best father I can, and that's a pretty important role. Some would say it's more important than stopping pucks.

We've been on the losing end of a lot of close one-goal games and fortunately tonight, we did a lot of good things.

This team seems to play better on the road. This might be a blessing.

We've really had great efforts. . . . I think we all enjoy each other's company and we want it to stay the same around here. You can tell, everybody's giving a great effort.

We certainly got off to a good start and they kept scrapping. Give them credit. They just kept battling back, battling back, battling back.

We didn't have the start we hoped for. You want to win every game, and these guys (the Wings) are good. They go to the net hard and they're tough to beat.

Better sooner than later because sometimes milestones, they seem tougher and tougher to get once you start talking about them. I'm happy that we came out and played arguably our best game of the year and a lot of credit to these guys.

I've played with him for eight years and a bit, and he helped me win a lot of hockey games with game-winning goals. Playing with him for that long and getting to see lots of his goals was a real pleasure.

They played hard for a team that's eliminated (from the playoffs). Once they got that second goal, it seemed to give them a lot of life. . . . The last seconds, I thought we did a good job. We need to play like that with a lead and learn how to keep a lead.

They played hard for a team that's eliminated.

This is where I am. My sole focus is helping this team win some hockey games. Once you get in the locker room you've got 20 guys all focused on the same thing.

It was certainly a special night. The best father-son ever to play, and to see Bobby pass the jersey over to Brett. And I think it's only fitting for Brett to wear No. 9 with Hull on the back. It was a nice, classy ceremony.

It's a Catch-22. You want to show the fans what it's going to be like, but obviously they're going to get used to it during the regular season. Hindsight is 20-20.

It's almost like a little chess match out there. . . . When you win, it's fun. When you lose, it's not so much fun.

Any time you win it's a good thing. Certainly there was more emotion here tonight.

That's a good team over there. You have to play really well to win (against them).

The last 90 seconds I thought we did a good job. We need to play like that with a lead.

I knew I still wanted to play. I got my ankle fixed and that felt a lot better. I was hoping to have a good year and it's been really enjoyable.

I knew my ankle felt good and I'm pleased with the way I performed. But knowing my body felt good I was expecting to play well.

I'm pretty flexible at this point in my career. My preference would be to come back.

I'm probably not looking at a five-year plan, but I'll look at it year to year and if I'm having fun and if I'm contributing at the level I expect, then I'll keep playing. But I also have family considerations that weigh much more importantly in my career now than they did say five years ago.

I'm just going to go home and see the family, I haven't seen them in a while. Certainly, there's a lot to look forward to this summer.

I never really talk about the other goalies. I'll have lots of time when I'm retired to talk about the other goalies.

I'm happy to be here. Hopefully, we can get on a roll. I've really enjoyed playing here.

I didn't hear the chanting but the crowd gave us a nice lift at the end of the game.

I deserved those penalties, but sometimes you try to be proactive. It didn't work tonight.

I can't speculate. It may change day to day. I'm sure where there's a will there's a way.

The first period wasn't the script that I wanted, but fortunately, the ending was. There was a lot of emotion out there. I grew up in the area.