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"What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners."
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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

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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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


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


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