Steve Yzerman Quotes

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

I dreamed of being an NHLer the first day I played. Sometimes the other kids would say there are not many black players in the N.H.L. So I really followed as many black players as I could.

The Montreal Canadiens have been a big part of my family.

I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid.

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey.

I am so fascinated and taken by the Golden Knights.

If you follow me on social media, you may know that I am an L.A. Kings fan. I'm not kuh-ray-zee, but I am definitely enthusiastic. I love me some Kaaannnngggsss.

It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle of a baseball stadium: when I'm around the game, I feel at home.

I've always dreamt of being on a Stanley Cup-winning team. That always stayed with me.

I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

I'm a die-hard NHL fan. I can't get enough.

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

Coming from Montreal, Patrick Roy was the guy that everybody looked up to. He was consistent and successful early in his career; he won the Stanley Cup when he was really young and he played with a great organization. For me it was also a French thing, like one of us had made it that big in the NHL, and you tried to follow in his footsteps.

Hockey is the dream of all Swedes. They get the girls.