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
boards coming early game good graham guys hurting kicked lucky miss scrappy spark team
I tell you what, Toronto's got a scrappy, young team, ... They kicked our butts on the boards early in the game and they just keep coming at you. The young guys really give them a spark and I didn't think Graham was going to miss at first and then they just started hurting us on the boards. It's a good scrappy team and we were lucky to get out of it with the win.
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.
box bullets caught coming dodging finally gamble games last night solid stretch three
We dodged two or three bullets last night coming down the stretch with a gamble here or a gamble there or someone didn't box out, yet we got the rebound, ... We've been dodging bullets for three games and it finally caught up to us. We had a lead. We didn't need to gamble. You have to play good, solid defense.
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We'd like to go into the New Year saying we have a five-game package, that we're going to take it game by game and respect our opponents. We feel that we are coming together. We are competing. We've competed down to the last second most every game. We just have to continue to believe in each other and believe in the system.
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Coming into this game, we talked about being more energized, more enthusiastic and have more camaraderie, and that was the most important thing. All the things we didn't see in the first game -- outside of the stats -- we just didn't have enough energy and enthusiasm. We didn't have that and that is the stuff that is going to get you out of a lot of bad situations and put you in a good one.
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Starting with that six-game road trip, that was our defining moment. Right now we're coming through with flying colors. We went 3-3 on that trip but it's how we've played. We played physical and together and we were in every ball game and we're carrying that throughout the end of the season.
games second start winning
We just want to go out and play the way that we did in the second quarter. We need to start winning these games on the road.
defensive establish showing takes willing
We just wanted to establish a defensive mind-set. We're showing each other that we're willing to do anything it takes to get better and to win.
five last normal poor
We just had some poor possessions offensively down the stretch. The last four, five possessions, we didn't have to make a big play, we just had to make normal plays, and we didn't come up with it.
energy knew maintain run
We withstood their run and all the energy in the building. We knew we had to maintain our composure.
hard resilient tough
We're going through some hard times. Let's see how tough and resilient we are.
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The rooms are in chaos, ... It looked like a hurricane had been inside the evidence room. The stench was overwhelming.
cost outcome pleased savings serious wants
It was very positive. Really, we were all very united. Everyone wants to see serious cost savings over the future. I was enormously pleased at the outcome because it was all so one-sided.
effort found looked mud stuck
It was another really gutsy effort from our guys. We looked like we were stuck in the mud but we found a way.