Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Wagner

He was real excited for Friday's game. He said he was gonna score on defense right off the bat.

Chan Gailey

He was finding the creases in the defense and (Brett) Ratliff was doing a good job of getting him the ball. If you're a competitor, it makes you mad. It makes you realize how much work you've got to do to get where you want to be.

He was steady, he played great defense and was a real key off the bench. Not only for rest and foul trouble, but his contributions on the defensive side and keeping us going.

He was solid tonight when he needed to be and I also thought that our defense and penalty kill units stepped up.

Bobby Bowden

I always felt like a dominating defense has to start out front, and they are a good front. Typical Joe.

Kevin Stallings

I was fine with how we ran our offense, and I was fine with how we played defense. We turned it over a few more than our average. Tennessee is good at making you do that.

Orlando Hernandez

I was feeling good. I threw all my pitches. My team played very good on defense and hit good. It was a good night.

I was real pleased with the effort especially on defense. I thought that the defense responded well after giving up the touchdown.

I was real pleased with our defense tonight.

I was surprised our whole defense was freshmen except for me. But I'm glad it happened that way, because next year we're all going to be good again.

I was surprised by how low the score was especially in the first half, but I felt it played into our hands. Our girls played man-to-man defense as well as it can be played.

Eddie House

I was struggling the last three games, but I think our defense got us going. When we were down by 14, I think everybody stepped up.

I wish we could have made our shots early. But our defense early was the difference. Our defense won the game for us.

Jake Delhomme

I was praying for our defense to get the stop,

I was pleased with the win, especially because we are playing a lot of girls and moving things around to take a look at the players in different spots. Several times they had players in scoring position, but our defense made the necessary plays.

I was pleased with the way we responded tonight. That's a real fine team. Our defense down the stretch was a significant factor in the game.

I was pleased with the way our kids kept playing defense. I'm proud of the way our kids played all four quarters.

I was pleased with the job we did in game two. I felt like we really found our rhythm, and the guys were playing well. It was defense transitioning into a really great offense.

I was pleased with the effort of our defense.

I was pleased with our situational hitting today. I told our players that we are good enough to take games over and take the pressure off of our pitchers and defense and we really took the game over offensively. I was pleased with the strides we made between the two games.

Ryan Hollins

If we had lost this game the way I shot free throws, I would never have forgiven myself. When it's all said and done, it doesn't matter how we won. We played great defense and we won, and that's how it's going down in the history books.

If we can make them play defense for 15-20 seconds every possession I think that will help. If a team that likes to run scores two or three quick baskets they get that extra spring in their step.

If we come out and do the little things, rebound and play defense and get up and down the court, we could do a lot of great things.

Pete Carroll

If we make a first down, the game is over. We had seen what he'd done the series before. That moment flashes by in an instant. We could have sealed win. We needed to do it on on offense and we didn't. We had to stop them on defense and we couldn't.

If the defense is using an extra guy on one player, that means another player is going to be open.

He's grown up as a player and a team leader. He played well on defense all day and still had the energy to get that last goal.

He's great on the offensive end; he can get to the basket. And he's working very hard on defense now. He gives us a dimension we didn't have early in the season.

He was a main focus for us on defense. We made it a point to stop him and slow him down. We wanted to keep it tight and play solid, disciplined defense on him.

I always tell the pitchers to throw strikes and let the defense do the work. This was a team effort and the defense knows they were a part of this, too.

He has gotten better at defense, and his shooting has improved. If any one player won the game for us, it was him.

He did an excellent job of solidifying our defense and keeping up our shutout.

Greg threw really well today. We played solid defense and didn't give up many scoring opportunities.

Scott Linehan

He is going to be our three-technique. We are going to play a 4-3 defense and get in and out of some 3-4 odd looks.