Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.
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I think that team ... we were all one. I don't think any one guy deserves more credit than the next. You could probably take any one of those people all the way through from the ownership to Neil Smith, to Mike Keenan to our whole team there and you could take one person out of there and things might have been different. I say that in all honesty. We caught Lightning in a bottle.Mark Messier
When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.
Mark Messier
You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.
Mark Messier
I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.
Mark Messier
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.
Mark Messier
A big part of me felt like I had had enough, achieved as much as I could achieve and I didn't feel there was a lot more for me to play for, ... Hockey Night in Canada.
Mark Messier
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