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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. ↗

— Mark Messier

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I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule. ↗

— Mark Messier

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If I see an ending, I can work backward. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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

— Mark Messier

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I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant. ↗

— Mark Messier

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I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup. ↗

— Mark Messier

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If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard. ↗

— Mark Messier

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It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game. ↗

— Mark Messier

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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. ↗

— Mark Messier

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