Gary Bettman Quotes
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Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season.
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I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.
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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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I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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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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The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.
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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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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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Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time.
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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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The Steelers run a great organization.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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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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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.
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I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you.