Success Quote by Eric Lindros

Self-help platitudes hit different when they come from a guy who made his living in the most unforgiving, collision-heavy sport on the continent. Eric Lindros is not selling incense; he is talking about survival inside a machine that rewards imagination only if it can be translated into bruises, reps, and public scrutiny. "You have to dream dreams to live dreams" sounds circular on purpose. The redundancy is the point: dreaming is not a prelude to the real work, it is part of the work. The line insists that the internal life is a prerequisite, not a luxury, even in a culture that treats athletes as output machines.

The intent is motivational, but the subtext is defensive. Lindros's career was a referendum on expectations: the "next one" narrative, the pressure of being a franchise savior, the injuries that turned promise into debate. In that context, "dream" is less about fantasy than about agency. You choose the dream before the world chooses one for you. That matters for an athlete whose story was constantly being written by scouts, fans, doctors, and headlines.

It's also a neat piece of locker-room philosophy because it bridges two audiences: kids who need permission to want something big, and veterans who need a reason to keep wanting after the body starts bargaining. The phrase is simple enough to stitch on a banner, but its real force is the implied cost: if you stop dreaming, you don't just miss the dream - you lose the life that was organized around it.