Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Carroll

Watching the film, I didn't think that would happen because they play such great pass defense and they're so aggressive. But Matt was on fire.

We've always made it a point to be strong from the goal out. Defense is always a priority, but these kids have offensive talent that can't be denied.

We've always felt like our defense was one of the stronger points of our game. Our goal was to have a hand in their face for the full 94 feet of the floor and that would hopefully take away some of their shooting ability.

We're making game-changing plays. We've got a defense full of playmakers. We feel like if we play our game, we're always going to have somebody in the right spot.

We're going to try and slow them down some-you just don't stop those kind of people. You just give them different disguises on defense and try to keep them guessing.

We're going to take a look at the entire scope of our responsibilities in the Department of Defense and determine what is it that we can or should be doing better, differently, more of, less of.

We're going to go as far as our defense takes us. They don't want to let each other down and just feed off each other.

John Beilein

When we don't get turnovers, we can't win. We had just enough late to hold on to the lead by playing tight defense and swarming the ball. We really dug out some ugly rebounds tonight.

When we do hit, like today, we just don't play defense. We haven't put together a solid game of pitching, hitting and defense in God-knows how long. It's killing us.

Todd Heap

When we get a lead like that of 10 points, the defense can sit back and play the way they want to play. When they're able to do that, they're a lot more dangerous.

We were definitely ready. (Friday) night we did not play our 'A' game by any means (in a 62-39 win over Denison). I thought our defense was superb.

Renee Taylor

We were hungry out there today. We played tough defense and it led to smooth transitions and quick scoring.

We'll be doing a lot of press-breaking work this week. We'll be scrimmaging ourselves and holding each other accountable, and we may work on some defense because those guys will be hard to guard man-to-man. We'll have pressure in our face for 32 minutes.

Blake Shelton

When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

She had a rough first inning. Hopefully that was just the first game jitters. She settled in after that and threw a real nice game. I was pleased with that and with our defense overall.

She did a good job. We kind of let her down on defense a little bit.

She handled their defense and got us in our offense. She really had a great game for us.

She had two steals in that quarter for us, and I think that got us the momentum back. We emphasize defense in practice. Those are the things you need to win games.

Six games in two days. I'm proud of the team. We played outstanding defense and it was a great weekend for us.

She's a great shooter. Fortunately, we hit some big free throws and had some really big stops on defense at the end.

She's a good shooter, and she worked really hard this year. She did a really nice job of getting herself in position to score, and she's got a nice touch. She improved a lot on defense and did a good job on the boards.

She played solid defense down the stretch and really stepped it up.

She played excellently on that end. It never shows up on the stat sheet but defense wins games.

She played excellently on that end, ... It never shows up on the stat sheet but defense wins games.

She organizes the inexperienced defense and helped them understand their roles.

Sheridan was maybe a little better than everyone thought. Our defense played well and the offense did at times. It was hard to get a rhythm because we were playing a lot of people.

She just does everything. She passed well, she played great defense and she rebounded well. It was a well-rounded game for her. Sometimes we sit over on the bench, and all we can say is 'Wow'.

Brandon Roy

Mike stretches the defense out so much. Late in the game I started getting fouled a lot because I started penetrating the middle and guys didn't know whether to help or not because Mike had hit six or seven threes.

Eddie Jordan

Mike Miller just hit some impossible shots. I mean, some of them were indefensible from where I was standing. He made great shots, and they turned up their defense on us.

Minnesota, traditionally, is always a strong team. They always have solid pitching and defense and they play fundamental softball. Their record really doesn't reflect how good they are.

David Berg

Moments like that are frozen in jurors' minds, and it's going to be very difficult for the defense to overcome the impression that Hannon made.

Moise has great height, speed and skill. And that makes it hard for other teams to handle our defense. The whole defense really plays well together.

Mo has reached the level I hoped she would be at. She?s great on defense and comes up with a lot of steals from her forward position, and that?s pretty rare.