Steve Yzerman

Athlete

1965-05-09

Quotes by Steve Yzerman

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

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• 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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• 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 want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting.

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• When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.

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

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