122 Quotes by Chris Pronger

I don’t like having noise swirling around me. Loud noises bother me, so I try to stick to the outside of a room.

I’m not involved in any Philadelphia-related game or situation. When people claim I’m going to have a “vendetta” against every other Eastern Conference team I don’t understand the logic: I’m not the one doling out the punishment.

I was sitting at a friend’s place in Michigan on vacation, having a beer on the patio. I was a little hefty. I said to myself: “Okay, I’m going to finish this weekend off strong, then after that I’m going to shut her down. I’m going to start taking better care of myself.”

When I got hit I went from having 37-year-old eyes to having 65-year-old eyes. That’s why I’ve got the glasses on – so my eye isn’t constantly trying to focus and giving me headaches. But they also help me see better: my right eye is blurry.

You get a pretty good read by watching the play, and knowing what you would have done – having done most of the things that these guys are accused of doing. I put myself in their shoes: Would I have been wanting to send a message? Is it a hockey play that went a little sideways?

I’ve got to live my life. Bad things happen. I can’t be sitting here worrying about it.

I used to have very good sixth sense – knowing exactly where someone was without seeing them.

I have played in the West for 14 years. I played against Dustin Byfuglien a lot. So it’s not like I’ve been out East for my whole career and never played against the guy. That may have been blown out of proportion, I think.

You do what you can to help your team win, whether it’s playing that many minutes or 24 or whatever is asked of you, you do. You prepare yourself to play as much as you’re asked to play.