And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
Steve Yzerman

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
Steve Yzerman

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.
Steve Yzerman

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.
Steve Yzerman

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.
Steve Yzerman

I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.
Steve Yzerman

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.
Steve Yzerman

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.
Steve Yzerman

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.
Steve Yzerman

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.
Steve Yzerman


I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.
Steve Yzerman

I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
Steve Yzerman

I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit.
Steve Yzerman

It's almost like you see too much, because when it happens for real, everything flies at you so fast, you never get a sense of the ice and where everyone is at that one moment.
Steve Yzerman

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.
Steve Yzerman

Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly.
Steve Yzerman

The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.
Steve Yzerman

There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.
Steve Yzerman

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.
Steve Yzerman

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over.
Steve Yzerman