I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

NHL players are amazing hockey players, and you watch and go, 'It doesn't look good. They don't skate very well,

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.

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.