133 Quotes by 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 defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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