Eddie Charles Jones Quotes
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At this stage, there is no reason why he would not be selected on the spring tour. Like every player in the squad, his performance during the winter season will be reviewed and evaluated but he is the current Australian captain and the right man to lead the team through this next period of time.
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I was on the bench watching and I wanted to be out there competing against him. He's a heck of a player. When you run into great players you want to be out there competing with them.
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When things aren't going great for us we sucked it up and continued to push forward. That's what it's all about in this league. If things aren't going great for you on the floor, continue to be confident in yourself and keep forcing the issue. If we want to be a successful team on a night-to-night basis we have to drive to the basket, make plays for each other and make defensive stops.
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I take no credit at all. This is a talented team with a real desire to follow a specific style of play.
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It was a bad game all the way around. The good thing about this league is that we have an opportunity to bounce back the next night.
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I know there's a lot of gloom and doom around at the moment, the silver lining for us is that we are going to be able to develop some players.
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I'll be a resource for him if he wants to use me, he'll have my full cooperation.
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Jeff's the coach. The only thing that might happen is that I could be there for the final week of the Super 14 when it's time for the debriefings.
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You enjoy being put in that position. You want to be in that position. As a kid you always think about making big shots to win a game or send a game into overtime. Even to this day, I still have dreams like that.
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We are certainly going to struggle to keep Drew.
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It's a great opportunity for Clyde and David to have a really good off-season and be right to play next year. David hasn't had an off-season since he turned professional so we've got to allow him to get back to full health.
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There has to be some sort of officiating of the actual laws of the game. Rugby is in a really negative spiral at the moment where the game is rewarding negativity at the tackle contest. There is no reward at all for trying to play rugby. We're a side that actually tries to play rugby and we're not being encouraged to play.
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Scott will be desperate to beat us. He's one of the most talented coaches in world rugby and has done excellent work with Wales.
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When the time comes you've got to make stops. You've got to contest shots, block shots and make it tough for them. We're doing it as a team. Every night we get better at helping each other.
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We've said to all the guys they are not there to just develop on tour, they are there to get in the test 22,
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We're at the stage where some of our more experienced players are injured, some have already been rested, so it's a great opportunity to bring a bit of youth and enthusiasm into the squad.
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He's got a big heart, and he challenges guys. He gets up in guys' (faces) and makes guys play harder. I like coaches like that. He's emotional and enthusiastic about the game.
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Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us.
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France, England, Ireland and Wales are all strong opposition, especially at home. It will be a challenging tour.
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There's nothing he did wrong. No blame is pointed at him whatsoever.
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If you remember back in 2000, Sam had an outstanding season with Queensland and was really pressuring George for the Wallabies spot.
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We went to the basket and didn't get the calls. They went to the basket and got the calls. Down the stretch, they gave us calls then, but in the middle of the game, we didn't get them. ... My third foul, I was like there must be something wrong with the shot clock. I was baffled.
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As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.
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If he's worried about this he would have retired five years ago.