Ted Lindsay Quotations

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.

My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.

The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.

Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.

I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.

I love people and I love to be around people.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

The problem is there are too many teams.

Unfortunately, we never won the suit and the union was disbanded the following year after the owners pressured numerous star players.

You didn't skate out and line up at the blue line like they do now. You didn't wave to the crowd. That's marketing. We didn't do that kind of thing.

The next night, you put the uniform on the same way and it doesn't click and the game takes you from high in the sky and levels you out.

The home opener that year was the game I'll never forget. When I skated out for the game, I got the biggest ovation I had ever heard.

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

Together, we’ll beat autism.

I always believed if you take care of your body it will take care of you

Looking back, I've never had one regret.

It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing,