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Together, we’ll beat autism.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Autism
Beats
Together
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Looking back, I've never had one regret.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Looking Back
Regret
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I love people and I love to be around people.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
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My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Boat
Penalties
Rocking The Boat
Penalty
Rocking
Traded
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Red
Uniforms
Wings
Red Wings
Uniform
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After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Chicago
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Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Starting
Unions
Very Strong
Believed
Union
Strongly
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I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Flying
Tattooed
Butt
Forehead
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Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Nights
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What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Dictatorship
Owners
Team
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The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Managers
Owners
Stupid
Brains
Realize
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Cities
Detroit
Hockey
Six
Original
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I had no friends. I wasn't there to make friends. I was there to win.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
No Friends
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I always believed if you take care of your body it will take care of you
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Always Believe
Body
Care
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I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
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If I had to do it all over again, I'd not change a thing - unless I could be a little meaner still.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Meaner
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I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Chicago
Heart
Red
Wings
Wing
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It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Autism
Children
Whole Family
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Alumni
Invited
Red
Wings
Funny Thing
Red Wings
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I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Player
Stupid
Hockey Players
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Ideas
Player
Tangled
Beat
Good Me Nothing
Good Idea
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I got to play with Jack Stewart for many years, and I appreciated that. He was a wonderful policeman to have on your team.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Appreciated
Jack
Policeman
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Owners never paid my salary. I always recognized that it was the people in the seats who did. I always wanted to give my best.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Owners
Salary
Best People Always
Recognized
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I had a chance to make a living at the thing I love, and I have always appreciated that, and I have always wanted to give something back.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Appreciated
Love Chance Always
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I've been slashed, speared, elbowed, board-checked, butt-ended, and hit on the head as much as anyone. I just like to keep the ledger balanced.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Balanced
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Games
Get Together
Hurt
Player
Protect
Interests
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Firsts
Nhl
Three
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Benefits
Clubs
Lawsuit
Pension
Revenue
Serving
Attempt
Increased
Member
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Cheer
Circumstances
Considering
Heard
Huge
Team
Years
Skated
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Battle
Cups
Effort
Every Night
Memories
Muster
Night
Red
Stanley
Wings
Winning
Wonderful
Teammates
Side
Ounce
Red Wings
Scoring
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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.
Ted Lindsay / Ice Hockey Player
Attitude
Derogatory
Detroit
General Manager
Hockey
Impossible
Remarks
Resentment
Rumor
Series
Manager
Rumors
Toward
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