"I Am" Speech

I am in love with the game of hockey. I remember the day i turned on the TV, sitting nice and cozy,

cuddled up next to my dad, watching my first NHL hockey game

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Ever since then I couldn't stop, I

fell in love with the game and its something that has really shaped me into who I am today

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I remember that day I came home from kindergarten and dad told me he signed me up for learn to

skate. Nothing but butterflies going through my stomach realizing that this was the first time I was

going to be stepping on the ice


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When dad and I got into the rink, I looked around at all the people

skating, realizing that i wasn't going to be the only one out there and beginning to get really nervous


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We sat down, dad took out my skates and put them on me. Wearing these for the first time in my life,

they felt a little weird. "Alright son," he said, "get out there." I took one stride and never started

crying harder in my life but my dad refused to let me off the ice, so I figured Id keep going


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Ever since then, I cant thank my dad enough. I found my passion, my life and something I will love

till the day I die. My dad believed in me and because of that, I couldn't be more grateful