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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."
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"We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic."

"Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him."

"I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man."

"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."

"Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal."

"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

"Obviously dunking on Horace Grant and Michael, in those circumstances, is just an incredible thing to happen. I'm happy I was able to make that play, and I'm fortunate I was in that position where I could make that happen for my team."

"Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone."

"To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances."
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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."


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


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."
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