A biography for Mark Messierhasn’t been written yet.
“I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.”
“I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.”
“Coaching really is an individual philosophy.”
“But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.”
“Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.”
“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.”
“My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.”
“It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.”