Eric Lindros Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past.

I know it's smart to wear a visor. I just don't like it. I can't see out of them.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

People on the streets are ready for hockey.

Questions about the concussions, my skills, just how I might be able to handle the competition after missing all of last season.

Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.

There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.

You have to dream dreams to live dreams.

Trivia

Eric wears #88.

Won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Eric shoots right-handed.

He was acquired by the New York Rangers in 2001.

He did not get along with Flyer general manager Bobby Clarke.

Lindros had signaled in advance that he would never play for the Nordiques, going so far as to refuse to wear the team's jersey on draft day; the team selected him knowing that they could command a high price in trade.

Lindros refused to go to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds after they drafted him.

Lindros played for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League for parts of three seasons from 1990 to 1992.

He won the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1995.

he was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1993.