Motivation Quote by Eric Lindros

Risk is the price of admission in pro sports, but Lindros frames it less like a gamble and more like a duty. The line reads as a compact mission statement from an athlete whose career was inseparable from the idea of danger: the big body, the fearless routes through the middle, the collisions everyone could see coming. When he says "There's always risk", he isn't confessing doubt. He's normalizing the threat, shrinking it to background noise so the real message can land: I'm not here to tiptoe.

"I'm going to come in and play hard" is the kind of plainspoken hockey vow fans crave because it signals a willingness to earn belonging in the most legible way possible - effort. It also quietly pushes back against the narrative that cautious play is a form of self-protection or selfishness. Lindros positions intensity as character, not strategy. In doing so, he reassures management and teammates that he won't be managed, and he reassures the crowd that the product won't be diluted.

The final clause, "I want to come in and contribute", adds a subtle recalibration. It's not "lead", not "dominate", not "be the guy". It's workmanlike and almost deferential, the language of someone entering a new room where reputation can be a burden. The subtext: judge me by what I give you next, not by the injuries, the headlines, or the mythology that came before.