Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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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

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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

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Coaching really is an individual philosophy. ↗

— Mark Messier

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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

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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

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

— Mark Messier

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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

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

— Mark Messier

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

— Mark Messier

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