Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's been vocalizing what the defense needs to do, which really helps us.

Ricky Phillips

He's fitting in really well. He's fitting into the scheme surprisingly well. He's a quick learner; he learned the defense really quick from what I hear. Personality-wise, he's great.

Thad Matta

He's finishing better than he was earlier in the season. His defense was 100 times better than the last time we played Michigan.

He's been great on defense this year. He's been a great example for our young big guys. He's a great off-the-ball defender, and some of the little things he does don't always show up on the stat sheet. We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job.

I don't think we slowed down their speed, we stepped up and played with them. We made some adjustments to our offense and I let the defense pick the style they wanted to play.

Sylvester Croom

I expect us to get more opportunities offensively this year because our defense is going to give us the football. They do a great job of forcing turnovers. And we practice those things.

I expect their defense will be better this fall also.

Chris Bosh

I enjoyed playing with everybody, no one particular person. Everybody shot the ball. The second half we stepped our defense up and we just went out there and played the right way.

Desmond Clark

I don't think I've ever forced a fumble before. I always played offense my whole life -- a little defense here and there, but not full-time ever. I was just trying to wrap him up, and I might have gotten my hand in there. It wasn't on purpose. I was just trying to get him down.

Dennis Thompson

I don't think our defense is overlooked or underrated. These guys just to get out there and play. They love to hit and they love to get after the ball.

Kobe Bryant

From the start of the series we've been playing extremely well, moving the ball, reading the defense well. It's been a progress.

For us it was about the little things. We talk about executing, and we did at times. Our defense was playing lights out. But, we didn't get the points we needed in the first half off all those opportunities. But, our kids showed guts and marched down the field to make it interesting. We just have to lick our wounds and fix our consistency.

For the second week in a row, defense played their hearts out. They swarmed the football and made plays.

For the second week in a row, defense played their hearts out, ... They swarmed the football and made plays.

Maurice Cheeks

For three quarters, our defense was very good tonight.

For three, four minutes, their defense looked impenetrable. But then we settled down and made shots. Guys stepped up like champs.

Steve Alford

For whatever reason, on the road our defense has not been nearly as good as it's been at home. We're going to have to get back to that because we're really going to have to guard these last two games to give ourselves a chance.

(Goalie) Channing Christiansen had a great save in the first half that made our defense wake up. I think they were a little asleep. It was a great reflex save.

Gus Malzahn

Give the defense credit. They got after our butt. They got it done and we didn't.

Dave Wannstedt

For me to sit here and think that we're going to do a lot of the things that we were able to do with the Miami Dolphin defense is really unrealistic,

If it was just Reggie, we could torque the defense to handle him, but that would be a sure way to lose.

I got a pitch I could handle. The rest of the game was lights out for the defense and the pitching.

If we stick it in the end zone, the game's over. Their defense stood up to the test.

He's done everything. Gotten big hits, played defense well, run the bases. He's playing today, so he's still in the mix.

Under our new organization, you will have defense coordinating officers and their staffs located within the 10 (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regions.

We have to be leaders out there. The linebackers are kind of like the quarterbacks of the defense.

We have time to prepare for the type of defense they play, hopefully be better prepared, and plus we're playing at home. Maybe it will be a little different this time now that we're at home.

We look faster. We want to get our fast people up to the ball. Defense is attitude.

Eric Schmidt

We lost our identity in Grand Forks and we needed to get back to doing the things that made us successful early in the year, namely playing better on defense and getting points in transition.

We made tremendous improvements (in 2004). Some people had started talking about our defense but I think they were shocked that we finished where we did in some categories.

We made too many mistakes and missed too many opportunities to get some things done in the first quarter. We kept our defense on the field way too long, and that led to what happened us in the second quarter.

We made the plays when we had to. The defense really played well.

We made them play defense on us. They weren't used to playing defense for a whole game.