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I started as a fourth-line fi...

I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role there is, and the only thing that matters is helping the team win.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

Bravery is not the absence of...

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

I would never say one was mor...

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 61 quotes

When you play long enough, ev...

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 61 quotes

When Wayne was traded, I beca...

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.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

We had built up a team in Edm...

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 61 quotes

I think the idea of the obstr...

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

Mark Messier 61 quotes

I think to compare any time y...

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

Mark Messier 61 quotes

Coaching really is an individ...

Coaching really is an individual philosophy.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

Like I said, a 30-year-old ho...

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.

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I played with a lot of great ...

I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

25 years later, you know, I h...

25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

I've never really spent a lot...

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

As a captain, I think it's im...

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

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It's a tough game, and you ne...

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

Mark Messier 61 quotes

I never was brought into the ...

I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

There was a time there in the...

There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.

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Obviously every one of them w...

Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.

Mark Messier 61 quotes

I was assistant in Edmonton w...

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

Mark Messier 61 quotes

If I had to compare any of th...

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.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....