17 Quotes by Alecko Eskandarian

Peter has been great with me, working me to get back in shape and get fit and get comfortable playing again. Giving me the start today was a vote of confidence for me and I just wanted to repay him and help my team win games.

I think I put all my frustration in that goal.

We have to take care of business at home. These three games at home in a row are crucial for us to get the points and separate us in the table form the rest of the pack, so we need a win.

The headgear thing's great. It's like a headband, so it's not heavy or anything like that at all. I was able to do everything fine.

Honestly, just waking up every morning with headaches is tough, to know that I can't play tonight or I can't run tonight. Once the headaches started going away a little bit, I knew I had a chance.

I take pride in being one of the tougher guys helping the team pressure and there were so many times when I was watching the games that it just killed me inside. Sometimes I couldn't watch and would just walk around the top level of the stadium.

I feel I'm in 2006 form to be honest. I hear a lot of comparisons to 2004, but I never changed. Last year was a struggle but I've worked hard. . . I'm not going back, I'm going forward.

Ten months of frustration was put behind that shot.

Actually, I felt bad for him too, because he's been linked as a co-conspirator. I think it's all pretty funny, I can't believe how much attention it's gotten. I never thought it would blow up the way it did.