Mark French
Mark French
Mark Frenchis a retired Australian sprint cyclist. He started cycling competitively relatively late at the age of 15, in 1999...
allowed lead pace
Getting the lead allowed us to set the pace a little bit.
discipline good lack poorly program radio reflects team
I apologized to my team for my lack of discipline, and then I went on the radio and apologized there. It reflects poorly on the program and I think we have a good program.
few positives serious
One of the few positives is that it wasn't more serious than it was.
beating cooperate grab start time
Of course, any time he didn't cooperate with them, they would grab him and start beating him again.
champions crazy felt hung kids maybe nice roll showing supposed thanks tough
Maybe they are these young crazy kids and they didn't know they were supposed to wilt. At that point, we felt like, 'OK, here it comes. We're going to go on a roll and it will be, Nice job, Riverside, thanks for showing up.' But they hung tough and did what champions do.
caused guys injuries mental number physical sit speaks
You can't do what he's done and not play through a number of injuries that would have caused a lot of other guys to sit out. It speaks to his physical and mental toughness.
adversity given proud youth
We overscheduled ourselves, given the youth of our team. I've been proud of our women. They've responded well to adversity. I think we're going in the right direction.
With all those power-play opportunities, I thought we could probably take over the game. And we did.
good happened people
That's really how it all started. This way, people can really get a good sense of what happened here.
focused game hard spent time tonight
It was draining. It was hard to be focused on the game tonight because so much time had to be spent on that issue.
energy
They competed and had a lot of energy.
asked far general happy ride
They asked for a ride and told the general vicinity and he said sure, that's not far out of my way. I'd be happy to do that.
forever seemed shot
It seemed like forever before he shot it.
attitudes change fun kids
We're going to change attitudes and behaviors. We want kids to have fun and know that it's important to buckle up.