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" After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career. "
Chicago
Career
Years
" 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. "
Me
Attitude
Myself
" At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it. "
Back
Wings
Uniform
" But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings. "
Team
Alumni
Play
" By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six. "
Hockey
Detroit
Original
" I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt. "
Flying
Butt
Wheel
" 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. "
Nothing
Up
Me
" I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing. "
Playing
Heart
Red
" I love people and I love to be around people. "
I Love
People
Love
" I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players. "
Players
Hockey
Watch
" My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded. "
Boat
Traded
Rocking
" Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist. "
Become
Some
Nights
" Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly. "
Union
Something
Very
" The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains. "
Too
Were
Brains
" 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. "
Help
Together
Game
" 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. "
Memories
Winning
Red
" What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners. "
You
Dictatorship
Had
" 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. "
Team
Turn
Circumstances
" 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. "
Win
Television
Serving
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