Steve Yzerman
Steve Yzerman
Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzermanis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth9 May 1965
CountryCanada
sports team winning
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.
mean play knees
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.
sports player wings
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.
hair long looks
The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.
player wings perfect
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.
player gamer agree
I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.
sports time play
We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.
running mistake winning
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.
years long lockers
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.
team right-thing
And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
memorable games body
I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.
way polite wells
Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.
people appreciate way
I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.
stay-strong stay-positive healthy
I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.