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I love you because everything you say and do is you mean and live it. I loved always pushing myself because I felt as if the day that I stopped pushing myself and I was not excited to try and do something new was the day that I got to hang it up. Out of respect for his character, which is separate from any employee ever associated with it, we have never discussed his identity. Number one in the hearts and souls of every Utah Jazz fan who ever lived and will continue to live. Get the latest Utah sports news delivered to your inbox. He said he feared that people only liked him because he was the Jazz Bear, but now he realizes thats not so. I just did the stuff that everybody thinks about doing, but cant, he said. ] Following. "link":false, If I look back over the years of being Bear, Im definitely grateful for having a job like this, as well as blessed that Im able to take a character and give back to the community and the fans who have given so much to us, Absey said in that interview. He thought he would retire from the Jazz. Jazz Bear is the mascot for the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise based in Salt Lake City, Utah. }, All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Utah Jazz: Did Donovan Mitchell just tease his signature kicks? Spencer Lund January 14, 2014. I was talking to a season ticket holder sitting down the front, and he commented, Theyre raising our ticket prices. Welcome to #nbaallstar #utah. Looking back at everything that I did and how I started, I was fortunate to have the beginning of it all like the perfect management. Man inside the iconic Utah Jazz Bear fired after 24 years Game in and game out, year in and year out, unbelievable. I started getting those calls and I never thought people would want me to come out so much because I made such a mess all the time when Id show up. I need to know that I can do this on my own, and to tell you the truth I love it more this way because now I get to talk to people and get to know people. There were a number of times when he would show me how to throw a full-off on a tramp. That was super kind to you. They arent above anybody just because they get a bigger paycheck. I remember the principal leaning out the window. The Jazz Bear was the third of three mascots to dunk over future President Trump in the video. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images). Usually, when Id get up there, I had time to take my head off, look and hook myself, and check my equipment. There are so many little caveats. Nowadays, you have people and they keep you a distance, but for who you are and for how everybody respects you and for what youve done in your life. So by your logic the kiss cams are fake also? ", While the Jazz declined to comment on Absey specifically, they confirmed in a statement that Jazz Bear will continue to be the team's mascot: "The Jazz Bear will continue to be one of the most iconic mascots in the NBA.