"How it works is you have an organization that provides you with players, and our job, as we’ve said all along, is just to coach ’em up."
"When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it."
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Source: Randy Jackson: What I've Learned by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2011.
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