Mark French Quotations

We're going to change attitudes and behaviors. We want kids to have fun and know that it's important to buckle up.

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

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.

One of the few positives is that it wasn't more serious than it was.

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.

Getting the lead allowed us to set the pace a little bit.

When he needed to be, he was very good. They had some quality scoring opportunities early, and he made some real nice stops.

He was obviously very good tonight. He's a big, strong kid, but he's also able to finish. He's been very good lately with the puck on his stick.

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

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

Is tonight's event a pr campaign to save Mark French's job? You know I'll get a job wherever I need a job. I'm resourceful, I've got talent, and I've got skills. I'm here to help Tulsa Public School teachers defend themselves.

I think they really dominated a large portion of this game with their speed.

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

That was big. We had just crawled back to 2-1, and we tried to force something and it came back to haunt us.

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

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.

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.

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.

We came out with a lot of energy.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The school needs help, we need help right now.

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.

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.

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.

It was draining. It was hard to be focused on the game tonight because so much time had to be spent on that issue.

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

It seemed like forever before he shot it.

They competed and had a lot of energy.

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.

These people are out at large and they could prey on somebody else.

That set the tone for how hard it was going to be to come inside.

I'm glad we're not going to be seeing (UCD) in the Big West tournament.

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.

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.

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.

I don't think there will be two players of this caliber from outside the league added to another CHL team this season. I just don't see it happening.

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