Hockey Quotes by Steve Yzerman

10 Hockey quotes by Steve Yzerman

Steve Yzerman’s reflections on the sport are packed into ten succinct statements. The selection highlights his strategic mind and the passion that has defined his long relationship with hockey, offering a compact yet meaningful view.

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It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six…

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

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

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I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play,…

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

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

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Whether somebody is really competent - whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he's a good person to lead a hockey…

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As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a…

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One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in…

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I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted…

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play…

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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…

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Whether somebody is really competent - whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he's a good person to lead a hockey club -…

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We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow…

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

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

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