Mark Messier Quotes

Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.

You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event, and you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.

There's some great, great players that have played this game, in all sports, that haven't won a championship.

My whole thing when I got in the NBA was I want to win a championship. The mindset hasn't changed.

I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.

I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship.

If you don't win a Super Bowl, you're not considered successful in the National Football League. I can remember, when we finally won that first one, feeling so good for the players and fans.

You want to win everything that's possible, starting with the League Cup.

I have been part of very successful City teams, but it was never at the end of a dominant season that we were able to win a title.

I don't want to limit to the playoffs, I want to win a championship.

I want to have a lot to do with winning a championship or bringing a championship back to the city of Philadelphia.

We just want to win the natty - the national championship - and that's starts with a team, not just one person.

I think all 32 teams have the goal of winning a championship, that goes without saying.

I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one.

You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing.

I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.

When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.

Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out - 'Super Bowl III' - because a lot of the folks at the grocery store, gas station or mall weren't even born when we won the Super Bowl. But they're aware of it. It has had a tremendous impact on my life since then.

Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins.

It was an exciting time for me personally because the number of times I've been to the playoffs, that was the opportunity to obtain the first ring. That was special, that's for sure.

Any time you get to compete for the championship in a professional spot, it's just a magic thing.

Long periods can pass between the times you play for a championship, so you have to savor those moments.

One of the best things is to be able to go to the playoffs and win a championship. After you taste the first one, you want to go back every year.

Your dream, when you buy a sports franchise, is to win the championship, the Super Bowl.

Anyone who plays in the NHL dreams to win the Stanley Cup and I dreamed as well to be one of them and raise the cup in Washington and bring it home to Moscow and celebrate with my friends and my parents.