Mark Messier Quotes & Sayings

“My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.”

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

“You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.”

“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 to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.”

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

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

“The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.”

“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.”

“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 career, pretty much the end of my career.”

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