Success Quote by Ed Belfour

For a Hall of Fame goalie, this is a quietly radical line: the most visible “one-man position” in hockey flatly insisting that success isn’t a solo act. Belfour’s phrasing is plain, almost blunt to the point of sounding incomplete, and that’s part of the charm. He isn’t selling a motivational poster. He’s slipping a locker-room truth past the mythology that goalies (and stars generally) win games by sheer will.

The “two guys” is doing a lot of work. In hockey, it nods to the tandem reality: a starter and a backup, the unglamorous insurance policy who keeps a season from collapsing when fatigue, injury, or a slump hits. It’s also a tell about leadership and ego. Coming from someone whose job invites hero narratives - shutouts, highlight saves, the mask as a brand - the quote reads like a preemptive deflection of credit. Belfour is admitting that confidence is structural: you play freer when you know there’s a competent second option and a coach willing to use it.

The subtext is modern sports management before it was trendy. Success “in the end” means playoffs, where schedules tighten, pressure spikes, and bodies break down. Belfour is arguing that durability is a team skill, not an individual virtue. In an era that loved workhorse starters, it’s also a subtle critique: betting everything on one guy is romantic, and often stupid.