I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into… — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years… — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of… — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your… — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule. — Mark Messier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
