Famous Quotes & Sayings

We knew they were going to come at us hard, and you have to be able to defend leads at this time of the season. We didn't do that, but Kirby did a great job to score what ended up being the game-winning goal.

We knew they liked to penetrate and dish off to the open shooter so we focused on stopping that. We defended them very well in the first half.

Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

Hugo Chavez

Venezuela is used to defending itself ... and fighting imperialism,

Cesc Fabregas

Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol

Flip Saunders

The positive was we defended down the stretch. That's what we're going to have to do when playoff time comes.

We are prepared to do that, and we stand ready to defend our rights,

We stand with other Texans in defending Texas as a good place to live.

We stand ready to vigorously defend the NAFTA and we will take all steps open to us to ensure it is respected.

We want to prove to the Iraqi people and the world that we are in charge. We can manage our own security and can defend ourselves provided we are given the means and support to do that.

We didn't defend today. But you can't put everything on your defense. You have to eventually hit shots.

We didn't defend the 3-point line. We just didn't defend, period. Any time two guards go off for 66 points, you're not playing defense. That speaks for itself.

Mark E. Smith

We didn't defend him very well. He's a nice player, but we made him look like Michael Jordan out there.

We didn't defend again. We have to find a way to buckle down. This game it wasn't so much effort and hustle. It was more mental lapses.

Mike Woodson

Until we figure out that we're not going to outscore teams all the time and that we'll have to defend and rebound before we think about scoring, we're going to be a mediocre team. That's something we're going to have to improve on this summer.

We're going to play hard and we're going to defend you. We were happy to hold Nick to 14 points, which not many teams are going to be able to do because he's a big-time player.

What a difference she makes for their team. She can do so many things with the ball. It makes it a lot harder to defend them at half court.

Terry Porter

Working the game, you always have plays people don?t like. That is just part of it. But this other thing, it is not true, and that is the thing I will defend myself on.

We're going to defend our position. We deliver what our members want.

We're getting a lot of guys involved. That's important. We're defending teams as well as we have all year.

We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.

Throughout the 40 minutes we've at least got to put together some good defensive stretches. The shots they missed were because they missed, we didn't pressure anybody. As a whole we need to defend everybody and get some stops, I mean they shot 120 percent.

Thomas Steinbeck

My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked their lives, their fortunes, and their worldly honor to defend the rights and prerogatives of those who were powerless to defend themselves.

In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated.

When he kicked in that door and leveled that gun, Joe Sutton had the right to defend himself.

When he is given a fair opportunity to defend himself, the allegations will be demonstrated to be unfounded.

When you're alone, you need to depend on yourself and be ready to defend yourself.

Chris Mooney

We had a very hard time defending La Salle. We emphasize our offense so much, maybe we're not spending enough time on defense. We want to get back to being one of the better defensive teams and shut people down.

We had a very difficult time there toward the end of the game getting the right stops. I thought we played good enough defense for the most part, but you have to give Duke a lot of credit. When the game's on the line, they made some real tough shots that were very well defended and that's what great players will do.

When I got the ball, I turned in my shoulder and I didn't imagine a defender on me. I practice that shot every day. I just took my time and made it.

Timothy Noah

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.

Liberty plays so hard. They run hard, they rebound hard, they post defend hard. If you have poise, you give yourself a better chance.

Many indigenous groups are very well organized, and they are also willing to use force to defend their lands.