J.R.: My Life As The Most Outspoken, Fearless, And Hard-Hitting Man In Hockey (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Excellent biography.JR's stories and inner drive and personality are on clear display in this bio.What a character, what a genuine guy, what a worker for the game of hockey. Interesting to see what a player and now commentator think of their teammates, opposing players, and announcers.It was also nice to see a player admit he is not perfect and explain how difficult a world it can be even for a world class athlete.One thing for sure, many young athletes today need to understand the drive, passion, determination and honesty that are needed to succeed in the game.Even at the youth level, kids need to measure themselves, drive themselves to play the best and compete at a high level. Many parents today do not understand these things and how hard it is to impart this philosophy on kids to day.Read it, you will laugh and you will ponder this biography. Then watch JR on the NHL pre and post game shows. You can decide how real he is and how true to his book he is. I'm a hypocrite, because I'm always complaining about how pro athletes speak in the same mind-numbing cliches all the time. But the first time one DOES show some spark of personality, I usually decide he's a douchebag, should be more humble, etc., etc. And as such, I've never been the world's biggest Jeremy Roenick fan. But when the biggest library system in our area joined a consortium with my library, I scoured the catalog for hockey books I haven't yet read, and this is one of the ones I borrowed. It's a quick read - I read it in a day. I wouldn't say that after reading it, I feel like I wish J.R. and I were best buds. Yeah, he's still a bit of an arrogant douche. But it's an engaging read, seemingly pretty open and honest about his life and career, so I feel a bit warmer towards him than I did before. As "as-told-to" sports memoirs go, this is pretty good. I'd recommend it to hockey fans, even if they're not especially Roenick fans.
What do You think about J.R.: My Life As The Most Outspoken, Fearless, And Hard-Hitting Man In Hockey (2012)?
Great hockey memoir. Insider access to the lesser known world of hockey.
—lilopop
Couldn't put it down. Great stories for hockey fans. Very entertaining.
—Muzzy
Good, some fun stories from a big personality.
—hzahoor
