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" There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events. "
Gary Bettman
Been
Great
Kings
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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. "
Gary Bettman
Over
Internet
You
" We did the World Cup to relaunch our international efforts, and that served as a foundation. "
Gary Bettman
Our
Cup
World Cup
" 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
Together
Great
Sports
" 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
Integrity
Worry
Forward
" Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition. "
Gary Bettman
History
Best
Tradition
" We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game. "
Gary Bettman
Perception
Challenges
Game
" You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda. "
Gary Bettman
Team
Think
Win
" 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
Team
Good
Stronger
" The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown. "
Gary Bettman
Between
Unknown
Clinical
" My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake. "
Gary Bettman
Competitive
Mistake
Hockey
" I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players. "
Gary Bettman
Passion
Our
Hope
" I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext. "
Gary Bettman
Why
Understanding
Progress
" 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
Culture
Job
Support
" 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
Words
Way
" 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
Like
Ice
You
" 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
Season
Move
Hockey
" All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future. "
Gary Bettman
Project
Used
Opportunity
" 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. "
Gary Bettman
Way
Skiing
Fact
" 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
Situation
Opportunity
" 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
Look
Know
Sports
" I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market. "
Gary Bettman
Area
Sports
I Believe
" It's not about big markets or small markets. It's not about dominant teams or not. It's about the actual competition and how good the games are, how good the series turn out. That's what I think is the most important for fans. "
Gary Bettman
Good
Think
Competition
" 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. "
Gary Bettman
Right
Done
Collective
" From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer. "
Gary Bettman
Lawyer
Early
Focused
" 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. "
Gary Bettman
Know
Vegas
Way
" 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
Team
You
Think
" 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
Others
Down
Days
" At least two or three of the leagues in Europe over the last few months have said to us, 'We hope you go to the Olympics,' and I looked at them, and I said, 'Why?' and they go, 'Because if you don't send NHL players, we have to send our players, and that's way too disruptive to our season.' "
Gary Bettman
Way
Three
Said
" 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. "
Gary Bettman
Need
People
Done
" 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
Baseball
Game
Nature