Quotes by Steve Yzerman

About Steve Yzerman:

Stephen Gregory Yzerman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.

Steve Yzerman

Playoff hockey is the best way to market your team. It's the best way to grow your fan base and give hope to your players and for them to develop.

Steve Yzerman

I don't take anything for granted.

Steve Yzerman

When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.

Steve Yzerman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steve Yzerman

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

Steve Yzerman

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.

Steve Yzerman

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.

Steve Yzerman

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

Steve Yzerman

Author Bio

  • NameSteve Yzerman
  • DescriptionCanadian ice hockey player
  • BornMay 9, 1965
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionIce Hockey Player
  • AwardsStanley Cup