Gary Bettman Quotes

Some players are criticised for having no loyalty. Well, I wanted to go back home and play for the club I supported. I don't think that's a crime.

The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.

The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.

You realize it's a business and that teams are going to do what's best for them. That's how it is. That's what we sign up for as a Major League Baseball player.

As a 10-year veteran of the NFL, I had a unique perspective weekly to see the heartfelt commitment of the fan. Regardless of years of disappointing and winless seasons, the true fans remained die-hard in their loyalty to 'the Team.'

Owners are made to be hated. We're the guys that trade away your favorite player.

I love the Broncos for helping me out, but it's a business, and that's how I feel about it.

I really appreciate having renewed for another year with Chelsea at 38.

We need a solution for European football. You need to help smaller clubs in European competitions get the right distribution of money so they can invest in coaches and attract talent for the level they can play at.

I watched the Bulls growing up. To be part of an organization like that is great.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a living New York team owner the fans like.

I think the model of the Championship should be reconsidered, because the turnover of owners, keep changing all the time every one, two, three years, is not really healthy system for the fans, for the clubs - this is because it is really not sustainable to stay in the Championship.

I don't mind players earning money, but it should mean, at the same time, that the club is doing good.

I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract and I'll be on the team and play every two games. I don't want to be like that.

There's something to be said for being on a team for your whole career. Not many players have done that. Only a select few. That's a goal to accomplish.

Eventually, there will come a day where I'm not making games at Bethesda. Hopefully that's a long time away. But I want to make sure that who we are, what the worlds are, what the company is, that's sustainable far beyond me.

I am an advent Arsenal fan, so wherever I am doesn't matter what time it is, when they're playing I have to get up and watch the game.

I'm a big Clippers fan. I have season tickets to the Clippers. That's the only team I really root for in any sport.

Football players value job security and stability as much anybody else.

I've got belief that the Newcastle fans know how much I want to play for them.

For a team of Evergrande's level, fans hope to have the top coaches and the coach will definitely face various pressures.

I'm a Chicago kid. So, of course, I'm open to playing for the Chicago Bulls if that's a team that's interested in me. At the same time, any decision that is made, it's never personal. It's always business. I have to make the right decision for me and my family.

Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.

Continuity is one of the hardest things to come by in the NFL.

I just want to play for a team that wants me. So whichever team wants me I'll play for.