Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson
Ice hockey coach and former NHL forward who won a gold medal in 1980 with the U.S. Olympic hockey team.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth22 September 1957
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Part of our message to the players is putting individual egos aside, and playing for the team. At the end of the day, if you win something, it's because everybody was able to sacrifice.
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You always want to get into the winner's circle. But it isn't easy. There are so many good players and those opportunities don't come around that often. I am new at this, but I played a lot of amateur golf to prepare for this.
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It has been a good year. One of our goals was to win a league championship. These players are very committed and very passionate. They won the first league championship for our young program. This is their moment.
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It was just an amazing experience. To be able to win against the greatest players in the world, in front of all my family and friends, was just really special. I will never forget it.
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To do what we have done in four years, yeah, it's a little bit surprising. But at the same (time), if you bring in good players and you bring in kids who are committed not only for the academic standpoint but also committed to becoming better players, things can happen.
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I hope it means a lot to the team. It's the first time in the history of our program that we've won a championship. It's a credit to our players and a credit to the players that have been here in the past. ... It's a nice piece of hardware to have, but the prize at the end of the journey is bigger than that.
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Watching it all come together was pretty amazing, I thought. The first three to four minutes, you are kind of like, 'Dude, what are you doing?' and then in the last minute, it all came together. I've heard of finger painting, but only in the first grade. This was just amazing.
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We're just really excited to get an opportunity to play for a national championship on Sunday.
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We're real excited about the opportunity this upcoming weekend. The game last night was very intense and certainly nerve-racking.
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We're gonna stay with what we normally do. We're gonna try not to confuse our kids. This is one ballgame; we want to be solid in what we're doing defensively. It's probably the only time we're going to face this type of offense all year.
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Our running backs ran hard. Solomon did a good job. I thought Andre (Smith) did a good job of running our offense.
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Our summers are so precious. Are we really prepared to say that part of this park is now a commercial music venue and off-limits to the nonpaying public?
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Our whole history has been an abundance of game and fish. If you don't manage it right, you won't have abundance. That's what hunters are worried about.
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I was there holding his jacket, ... We hotfooted after him for about six blocks and then got into a little wrestling match in the middle of an intersection.