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" In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done. "

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" 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

Game

People

Sports

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you. "

" I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas? "

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

" I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football. "

" 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. "

" I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext. "

" My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake. "

" To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play. "

" We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season. "

Gary Bettman

Season

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

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

" I view myself as a dealmaker. "

Gary Bettman

Myself

View

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

" 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

Well

Saying

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically. "

" I don't weigh into politics. "

Gary Bettman

Politics

Weigh

" 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. "

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

Gary Bettman

Been

Saying

" Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters. "

" There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events. "

" 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. "

" We don't want our players getting hurt. "

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

" I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players. "