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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.

We did the World Cup to relaunch our international efforts, and that served as a foundation.

Gary Bettman

The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.

Gary Bettman

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

Gary Bettman

Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.

Gary Bettman

There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.

Gary Bettman

If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.

Gary Bettman

Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.

Gary Bettman

We encourage the growth of women's hockey.

Gary Bettman

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

Gary Bettman

I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.

Gary Bettman

I think it's our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and welcome. If and when that happens, believe me - that person will have the full support of the commissioner's office.

Gary Bettman

The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.

Gary Bettman

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.

Gary Bettman

On the issue of behavioral health and the like, the program we have in place has always been available to former players as well.

Gary Bettman

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

Gary Bettman

If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.

Gary Bettman

When you're in other time zones in other places, you don't get quite as much attention; you don't get quite as much visibility for the game, and you give up a lot to do it.

Gary Bettman

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.

Gary Bettman

Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.

Gary Bettman

Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.

Gary Bettman

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

Gary Bettman

The Steelers run a great organization.

Gary Bettman

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

Gary Bettman

While players say they like the five-day break, they're also saying they don't like the compression that goes along with it, and that's something that is of great concern to us as well.

Gary Bettman

Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.

Gary Bettman

I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.

Gary Bettman

I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.

Gary Bettman

What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.

Gary Bettman

When you look at the team that Jimmy Rutherford has put together and the players that he has, this is just a great story of excellent in professional sports.

Gary Bettman

The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown.

Gary Bettman

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

Gary Bettman

We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.

Gary Bettman

My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.

Gary Bettman

I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?

Gary Bettman

The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.

Gary Bettman

What our fans want, what our fans believe, what our fans are interested in is why we are what we are. But, nevertheless, ultimately we have to do the things that we believe are essential for the long-term health of the game, of the league, and of all of our franchises.

Gary Bettman