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"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."
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"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."

"There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors."
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"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."
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"Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way."

"Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL."

"It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents."

"A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate."

"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."

"The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike."
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