Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn, Jr.is an American politician who served as the 41st Governor of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, Quinn began his career as an activist by founding the Coalition for Political Honesty and served as Governor from 2009 until 2015. He is currently working on Take Charge Chicago, a petition for referendums to term limit the Mayor of Chicago and create an elected Consumer Advocate in the city...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 December 1948
CityHinsdale, IL
CountryUnited States of America
We had a lot of guys who wanted to play easy.
We thought about switching every day and creating new lines but then we decided not to, ... The whole idea here was the introduction of some concepts of play. Rather then have them worrying about adjusting to new guys every day, we wanted them to concentrate and focus on trying to absorb the system we want to play.
A lot of guys that had muscle pulls were guys that didn't play for a long time,
I was proud of how our guys bounced back. It would be easy to accept what was going on. We were up earlier in the game as well and gave it up. We'll just have to find a way to play better.
I was proud of how our guys bounced back,
Time is our enemy here. This small amount of time that we have here this week is the start of putting this team together. These guys have to find a way to come together and it starts here.
Mats was our great leader, Tie played with so much heart, and Tomas has developed into an outstanding all-around player.
We don't want to get into a spot with Steve where we're going to cost him an opportunity someplace. But he is still determined that he is going to play on this hockey club. We're open to that too. It has a lot to do with the respect we have for him as a player and an individual.
We have kids this year that we want to watch closely,
I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.
I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them.
We were a little bit better. All in all, it was a good outing, but we've got a lot of work to do.
Where it is right now, in spite of everybody saying 'Oh, I love the new game,' I don't love the new game,