Jarome Iginla Quotes

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Jarome Iginla

Profession : Hockey Player

Birth : July 1, 1977

At times during hockey, I know myself, you get so wrapped up in it, you squeeze your stick a little too much, all those things, or you're too focused.

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As a player, I do love playing Edmonton and Vancouver, those guys, with the intensity.

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As players you are always trying to do different things in the summer.

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I enjoyed all my time in Calgary.

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I want to be shooter, be competitive, go to the net, so it has changed, but it hasn't changed that much. It's more skating than it used to be for sure.

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Music was a big part of my upbringing. My mum and my grandma are very passionate about music.

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When I was younger, to be honest, watching Bo Jackson, I dreamed of playing both sports. But as I got older, the opportunities were much better in hockey than baseball.

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Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes a cheap shot. It's just the intensity. It's an intense game, sometimes you just get too fired up and fights happen.

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It was tough leaving Boston with a great city, a great organization and a great bunch of guys.

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Any racism towards anybody, it's not acceptable.

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I'd love to be a role model for black kids, whether they play hockey or not.

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Just like Grant Fuhr and Tony McKegney showed me it was possible to do what I'm doing, I want to be someone who shows kids that it's possible to be whatever they want to be.

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I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of neat experiences, Olympics and everything, getting to the Stanley Cup Finals was really cool, but to actually make the NHL was just something I don't think I or my family will ever forget.

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I grew up in a city just outside of Edmonton, St. Albert. So I watched NHL games with my grandpa. I watched a lot of games, back then it was called the Smythe Division, and it was just Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

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Where I grew up, hockey was the sport that 90 per cent of black kids at school played.

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I started in Grade 2. I went with my aunt and her boyfriend to an arena, an outdoor rink which was a block away from my grandparents. My grandpa came from Oregon. He had coached his son, my uncle, in hockey, and he was happy to get me involved in it.

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I believe in God, stay close, and pray daily. I have to pray, believe, and do the work. Once I go on the ice, I do the best I can and I leave it. If the goalie saves my first shot, my next shot's going in.

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A legacy, or things like that, I've never really been a big thinker in that way. You know, it's kind of just been trying to go each day.

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Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.

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I dreamed of being an NHLer the first day I played. Sometimes the other kids would say there are not many black players in the N.H.L. So I really followed as many black players as I could.

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