Curtis Joseph Quotes

I'm just living my life.

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

I think you always take pride in how you play.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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'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.

A happy player is a good player, I think.

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.

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

I'm usually a patient guy anyway.

Sometimes you're only human and you learn.

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

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

I still have the passion to play.

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