Steve Yzerman Quotes

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.
Steve Yzerman

Health, Trying, Healthy

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

Hard, Few, Times

When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.
Steve Yzerman

Time, Everything, Happens

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

Polite, Balanced, Although

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

Try, Here, Worth

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

Real, Everything, Moment

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.
Steve Yzerman

Time, Play, Used

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

Long, Learned, Kid

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

Game, Body, Memorable

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

Best, Player, Agree

I don't take anything for granted.
Steve Yzerman

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

Hope, Appreciate

I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.
Steve Yzerman

Work, Another, Wanted

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

Time, Forward, Wife

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

Play, Again, Miss

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

Good, Health, Spring

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

Great, Perfect, Play

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

Decision, Down, Big

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

Good, Long, Down

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

Old, Team, Again

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

History, Few, Red

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

Past, Winning, Game

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
Steve Yzerman

Two, Games, Airplane

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Nationality: Canadian

Born: May 9, 1965

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