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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There is less fighting in the game than we had years ago. I mean, we penalize it. "

" I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society. "

" We encourage the growth of women's hockey. "

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

" Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers. "

" We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "