Mark Messier Quotes

I truly love captaining. I've grown into enjoying it.

I think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to take responsibility for it!

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.

The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by what the manager wants you to coach. The other reason is that I just like the company of football people.

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

I'm used to the natural role of a quarterback where everyone looks to you.

I'd say it was always in me - it's just what's required of you is very different in the moment that you become leader. When you're part of a team, you defer, and you're there to support your leader.

I think I've learned how to be a better boss. I'm the one running the show now, and in the past, I've always kind of been looking at other people to make the decisions. I feel more confident to run not just my show, but behind the scenes, too.

Being a captain means a lot - it's not just about wearing the armband.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

One day I'll know what it's like to be a manager.

I had a long run as a captain. I had some fantastic ups and also quite a few lows in between.

How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?

As captain you're involved immensely. You get worked up, you get carried away. It slowly dies down once you're a player. You realise you've to take the back seat.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

The best way to find a balance between doing your best and showing that you're ready for more is by developing other people. As tempting as it is to hoard knowledge, don't. Instead, make certain that there are others who know how to do important aspects of your job.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.