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
team fall old-things
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.
sports fighting anything-goes
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.
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.
sports time children
I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.
spring player
I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
organization wanted ifs
I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.
hockey pride thinking
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.
sports drama decision
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.
memorable thinking hard-times
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.
time ice littles
When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.
sports trying roles
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.
sports kids long
As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
airplane games two
We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
sports triggers hard
When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.