Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cesc Fabregas

Best defender I have played against? Carles Puyol

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.

Andy Gray

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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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.

All the defenders were very solid tonight. We didn't make silly mistakes. We also got some girls experience on defense who don't normally play there. That should help us later on.

That's a huge piece of our offense and two of our top defenders to not have on the team. We've got to get other girls to step into those roles.

Jason Kreis

As a forward, you're always hopeful that the other guys are scoring goals as well so that the defenders and defenses don't have to key in on just one player. Obviously, Jeff's a guy who can score goals in this league and he's proven it over the last eight years or so. It will give defenses another thing to worry about.

Offensive lineman are sealing off defenders and finishing off their blocks.

Purcell is really fast and real technical and he can put a lot of defenders down with his quick touches.

Your guys that have scored all year should be scoring in the playoffs, too. (Sioux Falls') two big defenders were doing a good job on them with hooks and holds, but they always find a way to score.

Norv Turner

This is different, ... the way he got kneed and then the way the two defenders landed on him.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

They are players who make a difference in a game, ... When Ronaldo isn't on the pitch the opposition defenders are more relaxed. The same goes for Zidane, but they weren't here today and we had to replace them.

There were no defenders in front of me, and I just saw the far post with the goalie to the side. I just hit one time to the side and looked for the open shot. We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time.

It's very difficult when a player from a wide position is running full-speed at you. He's got a full head of speed and our defenders are stopped. He obviously was the key for (the Fire) tonight.

Bob Bradley

It's not just about the defenders because we must defend well as a team starting with the frontrunners and make sure that in the midfield things are tighter.

I love to score goals after passing all the defenders as well as the keeper. This is not my speciality, but my habit.