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Gary Bettman
Gary Bettman
American Businessman
Born: Jun 2, 1952
Been Game Sports Think World You
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I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game. Gary Bettman
Love Game Day-Out
If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living. Gary Bettman
You Living Doing Belong
There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events. Gary Bettman
Great Events Kings No Question Hosts Major Been Question Any
Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention. Gary Bettman
You Gathering Market Markets Impact Attention Major Particularly Terms Dealing Size Media
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. Gary Bettman
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It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad. Gary Bettman
Sides Negotiate Bad Takes Make Deal Go Two
I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does. Gary Bettman
Me Appropriate Says Feel Does Comment Either Necessary
I don't really think about having a retrospective on my high-school years. It's not something that, from a positive or a negative standpoint, is a driving force in my life. Gary Bettman
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NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years. Gary Bettman
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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. Gary Bettman
Alone Opportunity Situation Down Our Critical Promote Given Having Part Like Where Anything Clubs Season Presence Shut Disrupt
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season. Gary Bettman
Great Our Summer Would Would-Be Thrilled Tournament Participate Because Affect Move Hockey Then Season Players Olympic
A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future. Gary Bettman
Future Good Opportunity Franchise Hurricanes See Developed Around Continue Fan Fan Base Base Growth
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. Gary Bettman
Time Needs You Money Internet Whatever Bubble Taking Over Term Like Stock May Short Sustainable Short-Term Buying
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
Me People Words Way Misleading Because Get Accuse Precision Them Scrutinized Use Level
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
You Game Sports Commitment People League Particularly Dealing Passionate Want Sustainable Root Team Professional Professional Sports
I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality. Gary Bettman
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To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play. Gary Bettman
Organization Want Place Play
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
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All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future. Gary Bettman
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I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals. Gary Bettman
Game Integrity Our Worry About Professionals Players
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
Nature Game Relatively Percentage Small Takes Betting Because Scoring Very Hockey Place Even Baseball
I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you're rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome. Gary Bettman
You Game Sometimes Somebody Lose Confuse Think Though Outcome Bet Potentially Tend Wins Because Loses Motives Rooting Your Team Even Enjoying
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
You Think Other Side Chant Sieve Slightest Sexist Like Also Call Intended Ice Inappropriate Now Players
Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of things; they are multitasking. They are getting downloads; they are getting alerts on their computers or on their cellphones, and they are consuming sports in a more real-time but less full-time basis. Gary Bettman
Sports Generation People Young Teens Way My Generation More Computers Consuming Particularly Doing Lots Did Getting Young People Less Full-Time Multitasking Things Basis
Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic. Gary Bettman
Winter Focused Classic Obviously
We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job. Gary Bettman
Good Good Job Job Entertaining See Exciting Officials Just Want Games
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