Mark Messier Quotes

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• The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
• 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 there…
• When I left here I left everything here. It's time to move on
• Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.
• Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.
• But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.
• Coaching really is an individual philosophy.
• I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times.
• 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…
• I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.
• 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…
• 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…
• Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.
• 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…
• My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.
• 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 to…

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