Quotes by Jarome Iginla - Page 1 | QuoteForever

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

I enjoyed all my time in Calgary.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
All My Time
Time My Time Enjoyed
Copy Quote
Competing is very, very important me.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Competing
Me Important Very
Copy Quote
Any racism towards anybody, it's not acceptable.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Acceptable
Racism
Copy Quote
My grandfather was a big sports fan and so was my mom.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Grandfather
Sports Fan
Copy Quote
I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Baseball Player
Hockey
Hockey Player
Copy Quote
I kind of have to pinch myself. A lot of my dreams are coming true.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Dream
Kind
Copy Quote
Winning that gold medal at the Olympics is something I'll never forget.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Gold
Medal
Never Forget
Olympics
Winning
Gold Medal
Copy Quote
I'd love to be a role model for black kids, whether they play hockey or not.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Role Model
Copy Quote
As a player, I do love playing Edmonton and Vancouver, those guys, with the intensity.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Edmonton
Intensity
Vancouver
Copy Quote
Where I grew up, hockey was the sport that 90 per cent of black kids at school played.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Played
Cent
Sport
Per
Copy Quote
I've always dreamt of being on a Stanley Cup-winning team. That always stayed with me.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Stanley
Dreamt
Me Always Being
Stayed
Copy Quote
He was yelling pretty urgently. There's different pitches of yell and he was screaming.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Different
Hockey
Yelling
Copy Quote
Music was a big part of my upbringing. My mum and my grandma are very passionate about music.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Grandma
Upbringing
Big Part
Copy Quote
It was tough leaving Boston with a great city, a great organization and a great bunch of guys.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Boston
Bunch
Leaving
Organization
Tough
Great City
Guys
Copy Quote
I played on a line with Theo Fleury and German Titov, and I was actually center on their line.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
German
Copy Quote
My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Dad
Buddhist
Christianity
Actually
Converted
Muslim
Copy Quote
It's an amazing honor to be the fourth Black hockey player to go into the Hall of Fame. It's a huge thrill.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Amazing
Black
Fame
Fourth
Hockey
Hockey Player
Honor
Huge
Thrill
Hall
Copy Quote
But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Commitment
Hockey
Nhl
Copy Quote
We all have different styles, so it's part of the game trying to be competitive and compete and be determined.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Determined
Different Styles
Styles
Copy Quote
I haven't been to Nigeria, but my dad and I have talked about going. I have a grandma over there who's been here.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Grandma
Nigeria
Talked
Copy Quote
The first step is to believe that it's possible. Once I had a taste of success, you start to believe in it a little more.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Believe
Littles
Taste
Copy Quote
I mean, sometimes if you're not always going to win on the scoreboard, you want to make sure that you're there physically.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Scoreboard
Copy Quote
There weren't many black players when I was growing up, and I remember playing and looking up to the ones that were playing.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Black
Growing Up
Remember
Copy Quote
To see Grant Fuhr starring, to see Claude Vilgrain and Tony McKegney, it was very important for me to see to follow my dream.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Follow
Grant
Tony
Copy Quote
There was definitely no time in grades 11 and 12 to do any other sports. That was one downside; I really enjoyed playing other sports.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
Enjoyed
Grades
Downside
No Time
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Each Day
Legacy
Thinker
Copy Quote
In hockey, you get to meet a lot of different people and become friends with them. It is definitely a special sport. I love that part of it.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Different People
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Squeeze
Wrapped
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Shooter
Net
Copy Quote
Growing up, I played hockey because I loved playing it. I didn't view myself in minor hockey as a Black hockey player, but I was also aware that I was.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Black
Growing Up
Hockey
Hockey Player
Played
Aware
Loved
Loved Playing
Minor
View
Copy Quote
I want to be the top player in the league, and I want to bring my game to another level. I want to play against the opposition's best players-and I want to beat them.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Games
League
Player
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Sports
Baseball
Hockey
Honest
Younger
Bo Jackson
Dreamed
Older
Jackson
Opportunities
To Be Honest
Copy Quote
I started playing for the Flames at 19 but even in minor hockey I remember traveling to Calgary for tournaments, from St. Albert, and I imagined playing in the Saddledome.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Flames
Hockey
Tournaments
Albert
Imagined
Minor
Traveling
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Me Doing Someone
Possible
Whatever
Grant
Tony
Copy Quote
I always wanted to be like Mark Messier and I loved Wayne Gretzky, the same as other kids. But it was also really special for me to see the Black players that were in the NHL.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Gretzky
Mark
Nhl
Wayne
Other Kids
Copy Quote
I remember starting hockey at age 7 and going to my first tryout and dreaming about how great it would be, and it's been even better. These 20 years in the NHL, it's been better.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Hockey
Nhl
Starting
Dreaming
Copy Quote
I have a favorite line that I ever got to play with, and that would be at the World Cup. I got to play with Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic. I got to be the right winger on their line.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Mario
World Cup
Joe
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Played
Dreamed
Followed
Other Kids
Copy Quote
I would like to be in the playoffs. I would hope that there is some opportunity to go and play in the playoffs. Those are the best games, the most fun for sure, and you have a chance to win.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Playoffs
Best Hope Chance
Copy Quote
I was a big fan of Grant Fuhr. I was a big Oilers fan growing up. I started out playing goal, but there wasn't enough action. So I decided to play out, and I'm thankful, 'cause goalie is a tough position.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Thankful
Action
Decided
Position
Tough
Big Fan
Fan
Cause
Grant
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Ice
Next
God Best Work
Pray
Shot
Close
Stay
Daily
Leave
Saves
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Division
Edmonton
Grandpa
Nhl
Vancouver
Albert
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Finals
Neat
Nhl
Olympics
Stanley
Stanley Cup
Just Something
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Competing
Intensity
Teammate
Fired
Copy Quote
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.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Boyfriend
Arena
Aunt
Block
Hockey
Oregon
Son
Coached
Grade
Outdoor
Rink
Uncle
Copy Quote
Each goal, each win, going to different buildings, the rivalries, the excitement - it is something. I try to catch myself, you know, in the warm-ups, when you're on the line and the anthem and you get to some milestones and stuff. It's such a neat experience.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Anthem
Excitement
Neat
Stuff
Buildings
Catch
Win
Line
Milestones
Rivalries
Copy Quote
I grew up here in St. Albert, which is a city just north of Edmonton, and I went to Grade 10 here at Paul Kane High School. But then I went to junior in the WHL, Western Hockey League, at age 16. So I left and went to finish school at Norkam High School in Kamloops for grades 11 and 12.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Age
Edmonton
Grew
High School
Hockey
Left
School
Western
Albert
High
Finish
Grade
Junior
North
Paul
Copy Quote
Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Kids
Growing Up
Team
Copy Quote
I think we came out the last couple of game and have been able to get it going. The first couple we were tentative a little bit, that energy, maybe excite. I saw in the last couple of games we've been able to channel that and use it in a positive way to go, be aggressive, physical and skate. When we're skating and physical we're at our best and put a lot of pressure on the other team that way.
Jarome Iginla / Ice Hockey Player
Couple
Hockey
Team
Copy Quote

Related Ice Hockey Player Authors

Zach Parise
Ice Hockey Player
Saturday, Jul 28, 1984
Zac Rinaldo
Ice Hockey Player
Friday, Jun 15, 1990
Wes Walz
Ice Hockey Player
Friday, May 15, 1970
Wayne Gretzky
Ice Hockey Player
Thursday, Jan 26, 1961
Wade Belak
Ice Hockey Player
Saturday, Jul 03, 1976
Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011
Vladislav Tretiak
Ice Hockey Player
Friday, Apr 25, 1952
Tyler Seguin
Ice Hockey Player
Friday, Jan 31, 1992
Trevor Linden
Ice Hockey Player
Saturday, Apr 11, 1970
Tony Amonte
Ice Hockey Player
Sunday, Aug 02, 1970
Tomas Vokoun
Ice Hockey Player
Friday, Jul 02, 1976
Tom Webster
Ice Hockey Player
Monday, Oct 04, 1948
Toe Blake
Ice Hockey Player
Wednesday, Aug 21, 1912
Wednesday, May 17, 1995
Tie Domi
Ice Hockey Player
Saturday, Nov 01, 1969
Thomas Vanek
Ice Hockey Player
Thursday, Jan 19, 1984
Theoren Fleury
Ice Hockey Player
Saturday, Jun 29, 1968

View All Ice Hockey Player Quotes

Top Authors

Dolly Parton
Singer-Songwriter
Saturday, Jan 19, 1946
Walt Whitman
Poet
Monday, May 31, 1819
Saturday, Mar 26, 1892
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
Wednesday, May 25, 1803
Thursday, Apr 27, 1882
Dalai Lama
Saturday, Jul 06, 1935
Epictetus
Philosopher
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
Niccolo Machiavelli
Historian
Monday, May 03, 1469
Tuesday, Jun 21, 1527
Mae West
Actress
Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
Saturday, Nov 22, 1980
Will Rogers
Actor
Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
Thursday, Aug 15, 1935
Helen Keller
Author
Sunday, Jun 27, 1880
Saturday, Jun 01, 1968
Ernest Hemingway
Author
Friday, Jul 21, 1899
Sunday, Jul 02, 1961
Michael Jordan
Basketball Player
Sunday, Feb 17, 1963
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father Of The United States
Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
Saturday, Apr 17, 1790
John Keats
Poet
Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
Friday, Feb 23, 1821

View All Authors

Share This Page