Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cesc Fabregas

Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol

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

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.

She's that quiet force on a team. Her presence never shows up in statistics as much as we felt it on the court. I think she was one of the top defenders in the state.

She's a team player. She goes for everything and puts it all out on the floor. I hate to take her off the court, but we have some strong defenders and we have to play to our strengths.

Cristiano Ronaldo

One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.

William Beveridge

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

Andy Gray

Listen, if you're a defender, DO BETTER!

We are rigorous defenders of our users' privacy. In our opinion, this is not a privacy issue.

Nicole (Hite) has been playing really well and Brittany Campbell's able to get around the defender and make one of those crazy, no-look passes and that helps a lot.

I have a public defender (Mr. Ken Barker), who is doing everything that he possibly can do. But he has problems understanding me, much as I have problems understanding the legal terms.

If I was open, I would have shot it. I was trying to draw defenders so I could kick it out, and Randal made himself open for me.

I did some stuff that I can really use in a game, like the way I'm posting up. I can read how the defender is playing me. Whatever I'm doing in the post, I can get an open shot. Also, on my shooting, I can use more legs, and those are small things that can help you a lot.

Sigi Schmid

Joel is a versatile defender who was here for our mini-camp in November. He can play centrally or on the right and is a young player with great potential.

He can really get to the hoop. He extends himself so well, and he does a great job of getting defenders off balance.

He likes to dribble a lot, ... so I told our defenders to just stay on his back, don't let him turn. Make him play the drop ball, and they did a good job of doing that.

I think you're going to see a lot of defenders back-pedaling when Lee's got the ball. He's an exciting player.

We are extremely pleased to have Greg back. He is one of our toughest defenders and played a key role for us last year.

He gives us a pass defender (at linebacker). He's made for that position.

We have been solid defensively all year. All of our defenders do a nice job, even when they moved No. 12 (Mitchell) up.

We have good enough players, but there are very few guys in this league who can draw a second defender to them. Those are the guys who make your offense good, whether it's a post-up guy, a dribble penetration guy or a pick-and-roll guy.

William Penn

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers

Our forwards were out of position and our defenders were in the middle of the ice and we got beat. It wasn't pretty.

Jeff is very consistent, very steady and comfortable with the ball. He has size and strength to be a good defender in our league.

My name goes on the shutout, but it is a total team effort. It's all about the three defenders in front of me. We get the shutouts together, and the team gets the goals together.

I was thrilled that Matt won the defender of the week award,

I was hoping it got by him somehow, but that is what great defenders do.

Scott Wood

I think one of their strengths is experience. Most of the defenders have played together for over a year and they know what each other does really well.

Ben Wallace

We're all underrated as defenders on this team.

We are vigorous defenders of our users' privacy. We did not provide any personal information in response to the Justice Department's subpoena. In our opinion this is not a privacy issue.

Mo Johnston

We are very excited to get Marvell. He has strength and pace, and those two qualities will make for a very good defender in this league.

We went through probably six defenders trying to guard Ida. She and Whitney are just great players.

All of the public defenders statewide are feeling the pressure of increased workload and lack of resources.