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Top 30 Steve Yzerman Quotes (2024 Update)

Steve Yzerman Quote: “I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.”

1. “I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a point of watching it presented, watched the celebration in the locker room, and always dreamed that maybe I’d get there.”

2. “As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a point of watching it presented, watched the celebration in the locker room, and always dreamed that maybe I’d get there.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I’m exhausted trying to stay healthy.”

6. “I’m exhausted trying to stay healthy.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I’m never gonna play again, and I know I’m really, really going to miss it.”

7. “I’m never gonna play again, and I know I’m really, really going to miss it.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “Balanced is probably what I am, although that’s just a polite way to say that you don’t do anything very well.”

9. “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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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in the room. I didn’t know he was here tonight, it was kind of a coincidence to get that assist on a night that he’s here.”

16. “One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in the room. I didn’t know he was here tonight, it was kind of a coincidence to get that assist on a night that he’s here.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I’m very confident my health isn’t going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “When it gets to this point, it’s just hard to pull the trigger.”

19. “When it gets to this point, it’s just hard to pull the trigger.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “We should’ve been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.”

21. “We should’ve been better, more disciplined. We made untimely mistakes defensively, as a group. This is really humbling for us. After winning the Stanley Cup, we got brought back down to earth, hard. Maybe the humbling is good for us in the long run.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “When you’re on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.”

23. “When you’re on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I don’t know that I’d agree I was our best player.”

24. “I don’t know that I’d agree I was our best player.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.”

27. “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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Steve Yzerman Quote: “I don’t know if I’ve ever had a memorable body check. It’s not really part of my game.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.”

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

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Steve Yzerman Quote: “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.”

32. “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.”

— Steve Yzerman

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