Top 31 Quotes & Sayings by Ted Lindsay

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian athlete Ted Lindsay.

Last updated on November 23, 2024.

Ted Lindsay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lindsay scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950, and won the Stanley Cup four times. Often referred to as "Terrible Ted", Lindsay helped to organize the first attempt at a Players' Association in the late 1950s, an action which led to his trade to Chicago. In 2017, Lindsay was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.

Canadian - Athlete | Born: July 29, 1925

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Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

I've been slashed, speared, elbowed, board-checked, butt-ended, and hit on the head as much as anyone. I just like to keep the ledger balanced.

Ted Lindsay

I had a chance to make a living at the thing I love, and I have always appreciated that, and I have always wanted to give something back.

Ted Lindsay

If I had to do it all over again, I'd not change a thing - unless I could be a little meaner still.

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

Ted Lindsay

My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

Owners never paid my salary. I always recognized that it was the people in the seats who did. I always wanted to give my best.

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

Ted Lindsay

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

Ted Lindsay

I had no friends. I wasn't there to make friends. I was there to win.

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

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.

Ted Lindsay

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.

Ted Lindsay

I love people and I love to be around people.

Ted Lindsay

I got to play with Jack Stewart for many years, and I appreciated that. He was a wonderful policeman to have on your team.

Ted Lindsay

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

Ted Lindsay

Together, we’ll beat autism.

Ted Lindsay

Looking back, I've never had one regret.

Ted Lindsay

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

Ted Lindsay

It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing.

Ted Lindsay

I always believed if you take care of your body it will take care of you

Ted Lindsay