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title: "2 Next step Quotes By Steve Yzerman"
description: "2 Next step quotes by Steve Yzerman. Plus more from Steve Yzerman and more Next step sayings from other authors."
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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 fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/we-penalize-and-suspend-players-for-making-contact-with-the-head/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/steve-yzerman-17337_accept_we-penalize-and-suspend-players-for-maki_665190.png)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/we-re-stuck-in-the-middle-and-need-to-decide-what-kind-of-sport-do-we/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

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## Other authors on Next step

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-goff-18578.jpg) Bob Goff 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/bob-goff/)

## More by Steve Yzerman

> [When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/when-you-re-on-the-ice-you-have-very-little-time-you-see-very-little/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/since-the-season-ended-i-ve-let-things-settle-down-and-i-have-to-talk/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-m-never-gonna-play-again-and-i-know-i-m-really-really-going-to-miss/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/balanced-is-probably-what-i-am-although-that-s-just-a-polite-way-to/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-don-t-know-that-i-d-agree-i-was-our-best-player/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-look-forward-to-a-lot-more-free-time-at-least-initially-with-my/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/we-have-to-get-better-at-that-all-of-the-stanley-cup-winning-teams/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-mean-the-best-thing-for-my-knee-for-anyone-s-knee-is-to-never-play/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [Whether somebody is really competent - whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he's a good person to lead a hockey club -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/whether-somebody-is-really-competent-whether-he-has-a-good-hockey/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/we-penalize-and-suspend-players-for-making-contact-with-the-head/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/when-it-gets-to-this-point-it-s-just-hard-to-pull-the-trigger/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/we-have-two-tables-on-our-airplane-that-are-set-up-with-the-games/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/people-here-want-the-team-to-win-and-to-do-well-the-thing-is-we-know/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-ve-been-hit-hard-a-few-times-been-hit-really-hard-a-few-times-but-i/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

> [I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-yzerman/i-don-t-know-if-i-ve-ever-had-a-memorable-body-check-it-s-not-really/)

[Steve Yzerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-yzerman/)

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