Gary Bettman Quotes

And I'm the type of person, if I ain't wrong, I'm gonna stand on that.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

In life, I take my decisions and stand by them. Some decisions may have proven to be not the best, but I have learnt from them, and I've never repeated a mistake again. If someone tells me to turn left, I will go right! I could not have been taught a lesson in any other way rather than by going through it.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk.

I'm not a yes person, whether it's about a tie choice or a joke.

When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.

I know who I am. When you get comfortable with yourself like that and you know you're doing the right thing, you can take a lot of crap.

Sometimes people will find things that are wrong. Sometimes they will even find an approach that you took wrong. If you think you took the right approach, then you just absorb the criticism, but you don't change your mind.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.

I do what I believe.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

Be sure of yourself, don't let anyone bully you, be a strong and independent woman or boy.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own..