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
continue games guys improve issue mark practice talk ways whether
The .500 mark may be a big issue when you guys talk about it to our guys. But we've got a ways to go. We are improving, and we have to keep it going. Whether we are 10 games over or 10 games under, it's still the same mind-set: go to work, go to practice and continue to improve in every area.
bright growth lights ready seen talking team throughout veteran
We have a veteran team and they all know when the bright lights come on, ... I've seen growth throughout the preseason. I see us talking more on defense, communicating a little better. We'll be ready to go.
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.
bad coming energy game good outside situations stuff talked
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.
gave people run talk today
We gave them a run for their money, 36 to 5. People talk about the X-factor. Today we had the Z-factor, for zero.
cannot challenge discipline finish full good impatient next organized playing position reason season strong talked tonight win
This was a good win for us tonight. We were competitive and were more organized down the stretch. Tonight we talked about not being impatient on defense, and playing each position for the full 24 seconds. There is no reason why we cannot play like this for the next 21 games. That is our challenge - to finish the season strong and to play with discipline like we did tonight.
banging catch coaches door eventually everybody guys hope interview mail main maybe missed ourselves season shooting talk work
I'm getting a lot of mail from shooting coaches around the country, ... They are banging the door down to come in and work with our guys and talk to our guys, so maybe I'm going to have to interview some people. No, I don't know. It's been our main guys missing. One game, everybody missed them. They're working on it. It's a long season and you hope that eventually we'll catch ourselves and improve.
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?
deal game miami ready tomorrow tough win worst
We wanted to win this game in the worst way. Its a tough, tough loss, but we have to deal with it and get ready for Miami tomorrow night.
lap near puncture
We started out as if we were on a qualifying lap but got a puncture near the end.
near puncture
We started as if we were on a qualifying lap, got a puncture near the end but we got it home,
lap near puncture
We started as if we were on a qualifying lap but we got a puncture near the end but we got it home.