Gary Bettman Quotes
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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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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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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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You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
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I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple.
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I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.
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Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
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I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.
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To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.
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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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We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job.
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Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me.
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Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time.
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We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season.
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The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.
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The issue of how the game is played is something that's constantly being reviewed internally with the Players' Association, with the general managers, and it's something that we continue to monitor on a daily basis.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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The Steelers run a great organization.
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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 think it's very difficult to generalize as to why, in a particular league or a particular industry, somebody has or has not come out. We certainly don't want a player to come out for our sake. It should be what's right for him and something that he has to be comfortable with.
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I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you.
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From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.
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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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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.