78 Quotes by Mark Messier

I hear about it every day, every day,

I really had the time to take my time and see how I felt,

I had conversations with Kevin and he's a good friend, but I thought it best to just stay in New York and announce my retirement here,

I just feel really good about the decision, ... I've had a year and a half to think about it. . . . It's the right thing to do.

But I felt that I was fairly confident in what it took to win a Stanley Cup coming off five Cups in seven years, ... And I was lucky to be a part of a team that was willing to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the team.

I came into the league as a fourth-line grinder that played a limited role,

Coaching really is an individual 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.

Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66.