Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our kids were flying to the football. They were doing some great things. Our defense stepped up when they had to and made some great plays.

John Wallace

Our kids play very good defense. That's what keeps us in games.

Our kids hustled on defense and played hard.

Our kids have played hard defense all year and that's what's kept us in most of our games.

Our guys are going to be pretty pumped to go in there and try to run the ball. I don't see why we can't do it. They're a great defense but we're going to have to run the ball. We have to set the tone.

Our kids did an excellent job on Parker and McClintock. Those two are stars on offense. Our defense hadn't been anything like (it was tonight).

Our kids competed their tails off, ... We didn't do a great job executing offensively, especially up front. Give them credit. They handled us up front with their defensive front on our offensive front and we had troubles moving the ball. We left the defense out on the field too long.

Our key was playing good defense and getting timely hitting, but we didn't do either one of those. That's why we lost.

Our key players will need to make key plays. It will be a test for our pitching staff and defense to see where we are at.

Our key is defense. We have tried to win with defense all year. We felt they couldn't handle our pressure.

Bruce Gradkowski

Our goal tonight was to come out fast and strong, and we did that. Our offense wanted to set the tempo tonight, because the defense did it last week.

Our goal today was to execute on defense and get as many easy baskets on the offensive end as possible. That's what we did.

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.

We were definitely all over the place on defense. Defense just sparks our offense so many times. I definitely felt that we were really together tonight.

We were concentrating on making it over this hurdle. I just told the ladies to settle down and stay focused. I didn't understand how their defense shut our offense down. It was great competition. I'm thankful, and it can only help prepare us for the state game.

When you can shut down that (Minnesota) offense, that running game, that's a pretty good sign of how good your defense is. So, we're going to have a challenge.

When you can hold them with (6-foot-8 senior and Northern Iowa recruit Adam) Koch to 16 in a half, you're doing all right. But their defense was even better than ours. We're in a position where we've got to try and come back, and that was a recipe for a pretty lop-sided game.

We never really gave them a good shot on goal. Our defense -- our young guys -- kind of stymied them all day.

That's the way a football team is supposed to work. The defense helps special teams, special teams helps the offense, and the offense helps the defense. Everybody helps each other. That's really the way it is when it's working well, and it was working well (Friday).

That's what a lot of teams do. We have good inside players. They try to take it away. When they do, we have to take what the defense gives us. They stepped up and hit some great shots.

Mathias Kiwanuka

That's the staple of our defense. We followed up a big play by them with a big play of our own. That's how you stop people.