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… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick. — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it. — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children. — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
Whether somebody is really competent - whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he's a good person to lead a hockey club -… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck. — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game. — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
