Jarome Iginla Quotes

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.

I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.

I watched Gretzky, I watched Lemieux. Maybe it's the time when you're playing, but for a kid coming into the league, you play the Boston Bruins and you just watched Bobby Orr.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.

This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them.

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.

I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.

If you follow me on social media, you may know that I am an L.A. Kings fan. I'm not kuh-ray-zee, but I am definitely enthusiastic. I love me some Kaaannnngggsss.

Russ Courtnall was my absolute favorite player. Patrick Roy was there, too, of course.

I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.

I am a rabid Maple Leaf fan.

I think it would be unbelievable to play in the NHL as an 18-year-old.

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.

I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.

To see Grant Fuhr starring, to see Claude Vilgrain and Tony McKegney, it was very important for me to see to follow my dream.

Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.

I'm a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and the only other teams whose games I go to are the Rangers and the Kings.

It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle of a baseball stadium: when I'm around the game, I feel at home.

I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.

Anyone who plays in the NHL dreams to win the Stanley Cup and I dreamed as well to be one of them and raise the cup in Washington and bring it home to Moscow and celebrate with my friends and my parents.

I've always dreamt of being on a Stanley Cup-winning team. That always stayed with me.