Words matter. These are the best Steve Yzerman Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Whether somebody is really competent – whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he’s a good person to lead a hockey club – is something determined over a long period of time, not one tournament.
I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.
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.
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.
I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.
When it gets to this point, it’s just hard to pull the trigger.
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.
I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted himself on the ice. He was a quiet guy. He played really hard; just a good all-around, prototypical center man who could do everything.
We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
The 70’s hair with the long on the sides, just doesn’t look good coming down the sides of the helmet.
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.
We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.
I’m very confident my health isn’t going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
I don’t take anything for granted.
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.
As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
I don’t know if I’ve ever had a memorable body check. It’s not really part of my game.
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.
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.
I’m exhausted trying to stay healthy.
Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.
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.
