Gary Bettman Quotes
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Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.
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We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season.
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A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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None of our series are ever static in terms of the dates. We always have a range of flexibility to respond to whatever may or may not happen.
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NHL clubs don't like having to shut down at a critical part of the season and disrupt our season for anything, let alone a situation where we're not given an opportunity to promote our presence.
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Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.
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Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.
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I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
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I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.
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While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena.
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Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.
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There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.
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On the issue of behavioral health and the like, the program we have in place has always been available to former players as well.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job.
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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.
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Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters.
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The Steelers run a great organization.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game.
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If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
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It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.
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We are not giving up on the Coyotes in the Greater Phoenix Area... The team has got a number of options and is going to pursue them, so nobody should think that team is moving other than out of Glendale.