Mark French Quotes (27 Quotes)

Of course, any time he didn't cooperate with them, they would grab him and start beating him again.

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.

We were strapped in the post. We had to use one of our small forwards there and three days of practice doesn't make you a post player.

We shot the puck more than we usually do, and we got a lot of second chances. Usually, those second chances result in goals. But it seemed like there was a wall up 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.

We certainly struggled in a lot of aspects of the game tonight, that's not the way you want to go into the playoffs. But we still found a way to win, and that's the mark of a good team. When you have leadership like Jason can present, he puts the team on his back and gave us the win.

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.

Joe has been off a little bit -- not in his work ethic -- but shots have been missing, his stick has been breaking. I think tonight is what he needed to break out of a little slump.

I'm not trade happy, but you have to look to make your team better. I know what we need. I just have to find a dancing partner who wants to do something.

There's a reason he's played games in the NHL, and that's because of his size and strength, and he's got good hands. He's a big guy, and when he goes in front of the net it's hard to move him. And he possesses an NHL shot.

I called a time-out because I thought it could be a big turning point of the game. We had already given up a goal when we were dead, now if we give up a goal 5 on 3, that could be all she wrote. I wanted to make sure we knew what we were doing. And the guys competed hard, and we gained a little bit of momentum from (killing) that.

Her ability to develop her three-point shooting has allowed her to find a significant role to play in our program.

The actors are in character. They don't talk about the character they talk as the character. It's really an interesting effect.

We were able to come back, but not the full distance.

We don't want to play anybody, but I don't believe we're going to get away with that. It's going to be a very, very exciting Big West Conference Tournament because it's been a very, very exciting season.

That's the kind of sacrifice that I've been asking our guys to make.

Unfortunately, we started our own parade to the penalty box. The only thing I have to say about it is that we can only control our response. What was disappointing to me is that we lost our composure and totally broke down.

I felt that Davis wouldn't have gone Division I if they thought they were going to be at the bottom of Division I, because they were at the top of Division II. It's a great compliment to Sandy and his staff that they've been able to move so quickly in women's basketball.

To know it was that close to you, it was a little awe-inspiring, especially for a kid from Canada. It's kind of the Holy Grail.

I think we played really hard tonight. I thought our performance was like night and day from (Thursday) night.

The Oklahoma City player comes up and delivers a severe blow to Travis' face and to his head. He uses his hand area, the top hand, to knock out Travis. You can see a clear jabbing motion. The level of cuts on Travis' face lead me to believe the stick was part of the blow as well.

People leave this whole experience really knowing more about their community.

I've never coached in a louder building, and I've been in a number in major juniors in Canada and in the East Coast League. The Coliseum is an uncomfortable place for other teams to play, and that's a huge advantage for us.

With all those power-play opportunities, I thought we could probably take over the game. And we did.

That's really how it all started. This way, people can really get a good sense of what happened here.

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