Quotes by Gary Bettman

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?

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.

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.

We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.

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.

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

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.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

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

All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future.