Team Quotes by Mark Messier

We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint.…

— Mark Messier

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…

— Mark Messier

I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role…

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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

— 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…

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

When Wayne was traded, I became captain. For me it really wasn't anything - I didn't do anything or I didn't feel I had…

— Mark Messier