“It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two side...” — Gary Bettman Quote

It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.

We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it.

What we have tried to instill across the league through ownership and management is that we stand for inclusiveness and to judge somebody on the merits.

We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season.

I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more.

I want to negotiate what I'm worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be like, 'This is what I'm owed now. Pay me.' And then we can talk.

When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.

It's been proven in Washington: It's very hard to negotiate and try to get a deal done in public.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.