Vincent Lecavalier Quotes (20 Quotes)

An awful call, ... Offensively, I go with my instincts. If I think the play is to make a play, that's what I do. It didn't work out. I'm just going to keep playing hard. If I get benched for it, that's fine.

We didn't play well in our last two exhibition games ... but we did switch it on tonight.

Everyone wants to go see that Oct. 5 game (against Carolina) to raise the banner. It's pretty cool to see how (excited) the city's been, even though we had a year off last year, people are just as excited or even more.

I saw somebody behind me, so I just shot right away. I didn't even know. I guess he kind of tripped a little bit, so it was good luck for me.

We really played 60 minutes, and we played hard for 60. They played a great game. They had some great chances, great opportunities. It was a good hockey game for both sides. Both teams were working really hard.

I think we were a little tired but we got our wind and we were more aggressive in the second period.

He's one of the top goalies in the league, no doubt. I don't think he's surprising anyone with how good he is.

It's kind of the same thing when we played Calgary. It's a win at a time. We're pretty confident.

People are always ready to play Team Canada. It's been like that for a long time, but every tournament we seem to deal with it pretty well. We go there to win the gold medal, not the silver, not the bronze.

I think he thought I was going on my backhand but I stayed with my forehand.

I've been through a lot with them, winning the Stanley Cup and playing in the World Cup together. I've known Brad since I was 14 so to be part of this with him, it's going to be a great experience and we'll never forget it.

I love it. There's no clutching and grabbing, you have more ice and you don't get as tired having to fight through.

It was pretty exciting. The month of August, every day there was something new. We knew it was going to be like that because there were 300-something people not signed. ... It makes it exciting for the people. And the more exciting it is, the more they'll come to the game, the more they'll watch it on TV. That's how you build a fan base. I thought it was good for the game.

It's good to boost your confidence a little bit. The net was getting really small. But the most important thing, we got that win.

Things were going in, that's the way it went tonight, and we need to keep it going because it's a long season. It's really frustrating after a game and you've had five good chances and none of them are goals, but things went in tonight.

We have a lot of good players on the team, and we do have to step it up. I think we can. We believe in each other. We're confident. We know that just because we had two games with no goals (it's not) that all of a sudden we can't score.

It still seems unbelievable to me. I'll watch the DVD of Game 7 and it gets in the final minute and I start yelling at the screen 'What are you doing Get the puck out' And then I have to remind myself, 'Wait, it's OK, we win.'

He's the one that instigated it by hitting me late after a goal. I definitely don't think I should get suspended.

The first four years I was there, we lost a lot and people weren't coming out to see us and people did not respect our team. Now we have turned it around. Now we are a competitive team and we are winning every year and we have a chance to keep it going.

We're just looking ahead. We have to worry about what we do and not the other teams. I think we'll be fine, we just have to make sure that we win the next game.