Famous Quotes & Sayings

Luke Babbitt

Some nights the shots just don't fall. When that happens you just have to play good defense and kind of grind out the win.

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.

We have had to work on our defense so much this season, because we are such an offense-minded team. As the season went on, we realized that that work on our defense was really going to help us. It did tonight.

We're hanging our hat on our defense right now. We got a little worn down, but we played well. I was proud of the defense.

We're good at home, and our defense always makes things a lot easier for us on offense.

This win gives us a lot of momentum after a rough stretch of losses during the middle of the season. We've done a great job since we went to a new defense during the second half of the season.

We're playing great defense right now, no doubt about that. We're not just getting it done on the offensive end.

Josh Smith

We're playing defense tremendously well. Our zone has been a high as of late. We've been playing well as a team and we're having fun. I think that's why were getting better.

Avery Johnson

We really liked the way he played defense this summer and the way he was able to get us into some of our offense. I made a special trip to Utah (summer league) just to see him play.

We really haven't played a full 40 minutes of good defense all year but we did that tonight. And we had lots of steals and took them out of their offense.

We really got after it defensively, and I thought that was the key to the game. Our defense was really, really good. When you?re playing hard on defense, it leads to points.

We really got after it after halftime and took the edge back in rebounding and on defense.

Chauncey Billups

We really executed. We got some easy baskets. We played with high energy. Our defense was great and our offense was better.

We're a defensive-oriented team. What we pride ourselves on is defense and rebounding. If we had the luxury of having some of the outside shooters that they did, yeah, we'd spread it around a little more.

We're 4-0 and tickled to be there. We've been getting it done with our defense. We haven't been hitting like we'd like to, but our pitching and fielding have been good. When our hitting comes around, we're going to be tough to be beat. We've been winning on our defense so far.