Famous Quotes & Sayings

We did not play very focused and didn't execute on offense, defense or fast break. We started the game down 15-0 and fought back to tie the game in the third quarter at 33, but we let Sweeny go on a 16-0 run. We had too many mental breakdowns, and we need to win some games on the road to have a shot at doing something in district.

We did not play defense well. We are going to have to get a whole lot better when we get back into region play. I am glad to get the win, but we made too many errors.

We had a 10-minute letdown after our goal. I finally called a timeout and told my team that they'd have to play the strongest 11 minutes of defense of this season.

We got lazy with our defense and rebounding after jumping out to an early lead. After a halftime talk, we played harder and picked up the intensity in the second half.

We are starting to realize we have to hit to win games. The defense can't do it all the time. Hopefully we can reach our goal and win the rest of our region games.

We are starting to play much better as a team. We're helping on defense and we're not being as selfish on the offensive end. It's nice to see and it's nice to be a part of it again.

Kevin Kelly

To think about how many yards he put up in such a short time this season, it's truly remarkable. I think that kind of shows those schools that were looking at him only on defense that he had the right idea.

To that point, we were playing focused defense and got much better pitching. The offense just wasn't aggressive.

Pat Roberts

Yet the DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, knew of his background. He has a very troubled background.

Lawrence Frank

We only had three field goals, but more importantly, we gave up 27 points. We just had some defensive breakdowns. Sometimes we played good defense and they made shots. That's why we're tipping our hats to them.

Phil Jackson

We obviously need his defense at some level. It's good to have him back in the offense, but we weren't smooth with him in there offensively, though.

We pitched well in tight games. Pitching and defense were our strengths today.

We pitched well and played great defense, and then we did some good things on offense. It was just a great overall win for this team.

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.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

But, no matter who wins, we're going to see increased defense spending and a lot of that is already priced into the defense stocks,

We had our chances. We're not getting the key hits. Overall, for four games, our defense was pretty steady. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that we are real young and are going to take our lumps. Hopefully next year we can win these (close) games.

David Hawkins

We had our chances, especially in the second inning, but we couldn't get a hit when we needed it. Every game has been that way so far. The middle of the order is really struggling. Once they get going we're going to win some games because we're playing better defense than we did last year and we've gotten good pitching overall.

Jim Haslett

We had opportunities and we didn't make them. The defense played well enough to win all day except at the end.

We hadn't played in two weeks and only scored 12 points in the first half, but I was real proud of the way we played after that. They started out on fire. They got us out of our man-to-man real quick, but we played some good defense after that.

We had not practiced well until this week and that has me more optimistic. The kids understand the offense and defense and our long-term goals. They realize it is more of a journey than a short trip. We may get beat, but we can still move forward from there. If we win we have a better shot at the conference, but either way we can move on.

Darnell Dockett

We have the tools to be the No.1-ranked defense in the league.

We have the opportunity to be an outstanding defense because we're going to be challenged.

We were hard at work on the defense of her case.

Luol Deng

We were struggling in the first quarter then our defense picked it up. In the second quarter we started running and getting baskets in transition.

We were sort of inept (in the second half) and their defense had something to do with it. That was the game.

We were soft on defense to start the game. The last 10 minutes of the game, we really started to get after it.