Famous Quotes & Sayings

We pitched well and played defense well but we weren't real disciplined at the plate.

We picked up the pace on defense and started playing like we can and we were fine.

We picked up the intensity with our full-court defense and started getting turnovers and steals and quick shots. That stopped for some reason.

We picked our defense up in the second half. Every kid on the floor played defense as hard as they could. I am so proud of how our kids fought back.

E. O. Wilson

We picked it up on defense. Defense was the name of the fourth quarter.

We perked up a little bit. We played our zone offense a little better, and our defense always kicks in.

Rex Grossman

With a guy like Moose, you don't have to make a perfect throw. He runs great routes, he's got terrific hands, and he's a guy the opposing defense has to respect. He just makes our whole offense better.

We've been down in previous games, we just battled back and knew our defense would get us back in the game.

We've been doing a better job these last few games of keeping our defense up the whole game. That's the key for us.

We've been disruptive on defense when people come through the lane.

We've been scoring points; that's not our problem. Our defense has left us. The way you play defense is with hustle and heart, and I hope we get that back.

Jason Terry

We've been relying on the defense a lot more. That's starting to be the new motto for our team; starting to be our reputation now.

We were really good for three quarters and five minutes. The last seven minutes we weren't very good on defense or offense.

We weren't as sharp as we have been, but the defense was great today, especially on the line.

We were not emotional enough early, and then we could never get it back going. I thought the game was more important to them than it was us. We just seemed in slow motion early. Our defense was good, but our offense was really bad.

Scott Skiles

We waited too long to start playing. We kind of sleep-walked through 2-1/2 quarters. Then near the end of the third quarter, we finally started getting aggressive. We started driving the ball, and our defense picked up. We clawed ourselves back into the game.

Lloyd Carr

We've worked hard on it, but the key to the Nebraska defense is up-front four. That'll be a real test for us.

We were worried about them. We just kept our feet moving and packed it in on defense to (slow) the penetration.

We don't play defense like that, we never have and never will again. That 16 minutes was the ugliest thing I've seen on defense.

We can't say (the defense is ahead), but I think we had a good game today. All-around the defense has had a good spring.

We have gotten off to slow starts in a lot of our games and you can't keep doing that and expect to win so we tried to pressure up on them and play good defense to get out of here with a win.

We have given up more points, 68 and 71 in back-to-back games, than we had all year. We have to play better defense and make a few more hustle plays, plays that we had been getting throughout the season.

We had a really great team effort, we made great decisions, and we played great team defense.

Sam Johnson

We wanted to end it there and that felt good. Our defense was shaky in Game 1, but we kept up in Game 2.

We wanted to come out and put some pressure on them, (and) make them handle the ball. Our game plan was to use our defense and run on them, and I think we did that fairly well.

We wanted them to do that. We'd rather have them run the time down and let us play solid defense.

Phil Bennett

We wanted to play great red zone defense and we did that. We just stayed on the field too long.

We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too well, or vice versa.

We've had to work hard for everything we've gotten offensively all season. Our defense has been outstanding. But we've had points where you can't hold teams to zero. You need some offensive pressure of your own to help yourself out.

We've had six or seven people lead us in scoring in games this year. But having Gratton gives us a lot of confidence. He plays so well on offense and defense for us. When he's out there we feel we have a chance.

We've got a good offense, our kids can hit the ball. I really think they'll hit most any pitcher around, because they're seasoned enough to be able to hit. We do work hard on our offense, but we've got a lot to work on defensively. This is not indicative of what this defense has been.

Ed Orgeron

Well, he got ready in about two seconds on the sidelines. I think with about a week's preparation, he will be as ready as we can get a freshman ready. He is physically talented, and he has been studying our defense. We may not be able to do as many things as we could with Patrick, but I think we can run our defense with (Russell) in there.

To state the obvious, we got our butts kicked today. I thought they out-toughed us, and we never really gave our defense a chance.