Steve Yzerman Quotes

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

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'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.

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

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

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

People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I mean, the best thing for my knee, for anyone's knee, is to never play again and retire. But I'm not going to do that.

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.

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.

We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences or take the next step and eliminate fighting.

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

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

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

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

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

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

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

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

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