Gary Bettman

When you look at the team that Jimmy Rutherford has put together and the players that he has, this is just a…

— 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…

— Gary Bettman

We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you…

— Gary Bettman

The Steelers run a great organization.

— Gary Bettman

We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to…

— Gary Bettman

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

— Gary Bettman

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some…

— Gary Bettman

We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we…

— Gary Bettman

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…

— Gary Bettman

I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because…

— Gary Bettman

Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a…

— Gary Bettman

My feeling is that contracts should always be honored. ... This is a situation where a legally binding contract is not being…

— 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…

— Gary Bettman

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

— Gary Bettman

I'm not here to win a popularity contest.

— Gary Bettman

We are not giving up on the Coyotes in the Greater Phoenix Area... The team has got a number of options and…

— 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…

— 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.…

— Gary Bettman

I don't weigh into politics.

— 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…

— Gary Bettman

I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is…

— Gary Bettman

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

— Gary Bettman

We encourage the growth of women's hockey.

— Gary Bettman

Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of…

— 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…

— Gary Bettman