More - Jim Christian Quotes

We get in there, get a sandwich, watch a movie. Those guys talk and laugh in the back. What I like is that it gives us a lot of time to spend with the guys. It's a different setting, and we're talking and joking around with them. They just enjoy it.

Jim Christian

 

We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.

Jim Christian

 

You have to go through channels and get permission from my athletic director [Laing Kennedy] before you can talk to me. Duquesne has not talked to my athletic director. Until that time, it's not serious.

Jim Christian

 

It's sheer numbers. They're able to attract a type of player that we're not able to attract at Kent State. We're not making any excuses but we're probably not going to be able to get a McDonald's All-American, where they can.

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It's great to have that kind of tradition. That's unbelievable. In a lot of places, after four years, guys are gone and never come back, but not here. That's what makes this program special.

Jim Christian

 

Both teams played extremely hard. We had to rely on our depth. That's kind of what we've done all year. This is our style.

Jim Christian

 

Some guys on our team were visibly tired. We kept telling them in timeouts, you've just got to gut through it.

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A game like this, you've got to take advantage of your opportunities.

Jim Christian

 Advantage

We were able to keep to the same routine. We got a sandwich, popped in a movie, the kids talk and laugh at the back of the bus. That's where a lot of the memories happen. If you talk to the guys who played here, they say some of their best memories are of the bus rides.

Jim Christian

 Kids

Isn't it every director's dream to gene-splice to get the ideal person for every role? We had the same problem with the female lead: one actress with the perfect look, one with the voice. I thought, what has Hollywood done in this situation?

Jim Christian