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I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

Steve Yzerman

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Steve Yzerman
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 9
Ice Hockey Player
Stephen Gregory Yzerman
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When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick.
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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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Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.
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I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.
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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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When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.
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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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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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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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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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I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.
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We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games.
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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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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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As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
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I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.
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And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
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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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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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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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