Quotes by Eric Lindros

“Its not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; its what you put into the practice.”

“You have to dream dreams to live dreams”

“Its a little dusty, ... Its about time. This is great. Im really excited about it. Its a dream come true.”

“Its interesting how it worked out, ... But this is a good situation for him. Its what he wanted.”

“I dont think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past,”

“Theres always risk. But Im going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.”

“Ive been really working on stick-handling with my head up,”

“It’s a one-year deal but it’s also a chance to be here for many years to come,”

“Gone In 60 Seconds.”

“Thats all water under the bridge,”

“We were joking in the dressing room that we only put out two lines (in Atlanta) so the rest of us should have a lot of energy,”

“Allison has really done a great job in the last few games of working the puck down deep,”

“I think our guys are getting more accustomed to it (the new rules) and well see what we can do with it.”

“Were a little bit above .500 now. Well keep at it.”

“Hes our leader, our captain, our best player.”

“It was not the best outing for some of our group and thats the way it is. We had a lead and we cant play ping-pong with that team.”

“We know that we can do it. In the last couple of games, we might have lost our confidence in moving the puck, making our shots and our passing wasnt as precise as it might have been in the past,”

“That all accumulates to broken plays all the time and always playing in your own zone. Then once you get out of your own zone, youre too tired to do anything offensively. Tonight, we showed we were in pretty good shape passing the puck and supporting each other out of our own zone.”

“It wasnt our most spectacular (win). But generally, a good effort.”

“Hes just a great human being and a wonderful talent on the ice. It was just a thrill to be in the same dressing room as him.”