Curtis Joseph Quotes (23 Quotes)

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.