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
everybody special
We all know, everybody in this organization, everybody in this arena, that we have a special player.
energy knew maintain run
We withstood their run and all the energy in the building. We knew we had to maintain our composure.
answers guys hope minutes played searching teams top trying work
Two different teams -- us. We were on top of things in Utah. We played 48 minutes of concentrated basketball. Here was just the opposite. I hope it's just a one-time thing. I'm searching for answers when guys don't play well; I'm trying to find the right mix. It just didn't work out today.
limit ways
We've got to find ways to limit his touches.
gets intrinsic player scouting surface tape value warts
When you know a player from the outside, you don't know all of him. You don't know his warts when he gets to your gym. You don't know the intrinsic value that he may have. You just see him on tape and on scouting reports, and that's the surface of the guy.
gear half intensity last loss quarter shift stay win
We always say that one win can get you going and that one loss can get you going the other way. We just have to shift into another gear like we did in the last quarter and a half and come at with the same intensity and stay at that intensity.
closed free good runs
We closed out two good quarters. We had some runs and we kind of absorbed their runs and we made the important free throws.
assigned collective defensive embracing games good job momentum riding role three today wave
Today there was a collective effort. We are riding the momentum that we started three games ago. Caron did a really good job defensively. He is really embracing the role that we assigned him as the defensive captain, and we are just riding a wave right now.
adversity against bad bit call competing defense deserved distracted good whether
We were not competing in the paint, and we are getting distracted a little bit by what's going on out on the floor, not getting through a little bit of adversity whether you think it's a bad call or good defense against you. But for the most part they just outplayed us, and they deserved to win.
confidence positive
We had positive energy. We've never wavered in confidence with each other or for each other.
dug half intensity second
We didn't have the right intensity early. I thought we didn't have our legs, but in the second half we dug down deep.
days few help hope next
We hope that the next few days will help him.
focus good kept organized played tough
We played a very good 48 minutes. We kept our focus on the road. We kept organized and we got through some tough stretches defensively.
beat detroit good model ourselves played team
We played a very good team. They are a team we would like to model ourselves after. ... They beat Detroit twice, and that was no fluke.