Mark Messier Quotes

I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.
Mark Messier

Winning, Thinking, Everything

I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times.
Mark Messier

Times, Coming, Celebrated

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.
Mark Messier

Mind, Game, Keep

We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint. Our nucleus had stayed together for a long time.
Mark Messier

Time, Long, Together

25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that.
Mark Messier

Win, Night, Trying

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.
Mark Messier

Good, Bad, Important

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.
Mark Messier

Different, Everybody, Captain

Coaching really is an individual philosophy.
Mark Messier

Philosophy, Individual, Coaching

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.
Mark Messier

Time, Keep, Effort

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.
Mark Messier

Great, Before, Play

I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey.
Mark Messier

Best, Play, Old

I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.
Mark Messier

Through, Away, Idea

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.
Mark Messier

Time, Win, Unfair

I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.
Mark Messier

Captain, Assistant, Kevin

I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup.
Mark Messier

Work, Important, Winning

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.
Mark Messier

Time, Thinking, Actually

If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.
Mark Messier

Time, Long, Win

It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.
Mark Messier

Game, Tough, Aspect

Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.
Mark Messier

End, Career, Pretty

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.
Mark Messier

Work, Hard, Played

Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.
Mark Messier

Special, Team, Involved

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.
Mark Messier

Team, Often, Coach

The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
Mark Messier

There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.
Mark Messier

Time, Long, Hockey

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.
Mark Messier

Easy, Transition, Captain

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Nationality: Canadian

Born: January 18, 1961

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