Quotes by Jarome Iginla

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.

My grandfather was a big sports fan and so was my mom.

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.

I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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