Mark Messier Quotes

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

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 do anything different than what I had been doing all along.

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

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 nucleus had stayed together for a long time.

There was a time there in the mid ’80s to the ’90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.

The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself.