The thing that most impressed me about Jordin, and most showed his strength of character was how he apologized to everyone he had affected with his drinking, starting as soon as he left rehab.
To take on a process like that, considering the sheer number of people he had partied with, and subsequently alienated, was nothing short of brave. And it took him two years. That is a long time. To have all of that guilt waying on you, to continue to do it, search out people and apologize for two whole years, is nothing short of amazing. I'm 100% sure nothing but sheer will and determination got him through that.
His strength in body was apparent throughout the entire book, but his strength in mind and conviction revealed in the last sevtion of the book is truly overwhelming. After an entire book about hockey with terms I didn't understand and violence that I did; with motives I didn't understand and vices that I did, I was suddenly given this vulnerable ending that I could understand from such a personal and emotional level that it burned.
Jordin Tootoo doesn't have to prove anything to anyone. But one day soon, I hope to have as much courage as him.
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