Gary Bettman Quotes

I've been excited since I received a phone call from Paul Holmgren inviting me to represent the Flyers and Flyer fans at the alumni game of the Winter Classic weekend.

I guess I'd be nervous to skate and do hockey. Growing up in Hawaii there's not a lot of ice.

I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town.

I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle of a baseball stadium: when I'm around the game, I feel at home.

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid, I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn't have much hockey going on.

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings.

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

I like Joe Sakic. Coming out of Buffalo, I obviously like Alexander Mogliny, Pat LaFontaine. Hasek is up there. Miroslav Satan. Whoever seemed to be a good player at the time I'd watch. Jagr too. I tried to learn a lot from those guys.

It's funny: when you're skating around during warm-ups, I'll see signs that say things like: 'Kane, Prom?' We have a fun, young team, and girls are asking you to the prom and giving you their numbers.

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

I am a fan of winter sports.

Even in Canada, I never even played ice hockey. I never skated in my life; I always did rollerblade street hockey.

People don't know how fantastic women's ice hockey is. People don't know how fantastic hockey is in general.

I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.

It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time. It brings back memories, but at the same time it's something I'll remember forever.

The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.