Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan
Edmund Patrick "Eddie" Jordan, also known as EJ, is an Irish former motorsport team boss, businessman, presenter, entrepreneur, musician and mentor. Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland. He won the Irish Kart Championship in 1971 and moved to Formula Ford in 1974. He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005. He was the chief analyst for Formula One coverage on the BBC from...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 January 1955
ask coming compete everybody far growth highest incidents knows team
It's a more experienced team that knows what to expect, ... Everybody was on time. There were no incidents at camp. Everyone competed at the highest level. That's all you can ask for. When you compete at a high level, you see some growth as far as coming together.
goes guy hard physical played seems suck ton type
It just seems we've been in a ton of these type of games. They are heartbreaking losses. We played hard and very physical but when a guy comes in and goes nine-for-nine for his threes you've just got to suck it up.
goes guy played seems suck though ton type
It just seems like we have been in a ton of these type of games. We played very hard, when a guy goes nine-for-nine though you have to suck it up.
closing good guys mark quarter reach seemed stock talking
It seemed good at the time: 'This could be the closing quarter for us to reach a mark that you guys have been talking about. I haven't really put a lot of stock in that. . . . If we thought .500 was a goal, then there's nothing more to achieve.
cared defensive direction guys huge minutes says shoot starting takes tonight win
It says a lot about the direction we're going in, with the new starting lineup a huge, huge defensive emphasis. Some guys didn't play as many minutes tonight as normal, but we really cared about doing the things that it takes to win and not about what's going to shoot up in the stat sheet.
coast competing fact good guys home life lively nice practices ready west
It's a fact of life that we've been on the West Coast so it's going to be nice to get back home and have some practices on our home court, ... The good thing is that we've had some real lively practices out here. Guys have been really competing and that's what you want to see as you get ready for the season.
break sensitive
It's a fragile, sensitive league, but it's not going to make or break the season.
bit guys healthy
It's a little bit more up-tempo because they've got guys healthy now.
against challenge designed good great kobe sure tried turn
We designed it just right. We just wanted to make sure that Kobe would not get a good look. Calvin was very instrumental in it. Kobe tried to turn and make a pass, and it just slipped out of his hand. That is a part of fatigue. He is a great player. We take the challenge to go against someone like him.
happen maybe pitfalls regular season thinking
There are pitfalls - overconfidence and thinking that maybe the regular season isn't as important. Sometimes that happens. I'm not going to say that's going to happen to us, but there are pitfalls.
activate along far games plan practice somewhere time
We have a plan as far as getting him some games down there, getting him back up here for some practice time and probably activate him for a game somewhere along the line, ... It's a development thing for him.
hurt playing supposed team
What hurt me most was my team not playing the way we are supposed to play. They did. We didn't.
affection basketball hug kiss love terrific
We're going to hug him and kiss him. We're going to show him his way to the basket. He's a terrific guy. We love him.
deny double limit team ways
We have to find ways to limit his touches. Can we deny him more times, more possessions? When we do double, can we get out of the double team and get out to the shooters?