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.

In 1998 he was ranked number 12 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. Messier holds the record for most NHL regular season and playoff season games played at 1992. Joby was even briefly Mark's teammate on the Rangers.

He was also known over the course of his career as "The Moose" for his aggression and strength. He is second on the all-time career lists for regular season points (1887) playoff points (295) and regular season games played (1756). In 2007 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.