Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Allen

We're an older team and they're a young team. (We) played pretty well on defense to hold them to 14 points.

We held them to nine points in the first half, so our defense played very well (in the first half).

We held her to 11 points in the first half, but she was on fire in the second half and she knocked down every shot she took. We had to go to a man defense and we still couldn't stop her.

We held a highly potent offensive team to 16 points in the first half. The defense was getting it done. It was the offense we were lacking.

John Beilein

We heard a lot about their defense, and it is flat-out terrific, but we play pretty good defense too, and we've been able to score on a lot of good teams.

We had no illusions. The facts were incredibly difficult from a defense standpoint.

We did play good defense in the fourth quarter. We stopped their penetration in the last five minutes of the game.

We didn't want to leave it in Brady's hands. The defense did a great job slowing him down, and then we did our job.

We didn't want to leave it in Brady's hands, ... The defense did a great job slowing him down, and then we did our job.

We didn't want to give up any big plays to some of their big-play kids. Our defense played very well tonight.

We didn't try hard enough. Defense in this league is about making multiple efforts, going from one thing to the next. We stood, watched and hoped that he (Cook) would miss. It gives you pause to think what do we really have here. What do we really have?

We didn't talk about me scoring, but we talked about me stepping up on defense and stopping Grim.

Alan Bennett

We have smaller defensive ends, but they're quick. They'll be OK. Everybody knows their job, and our defense is better this year. If we play better in the second half of the game this year, we'll do better.

Adam Kennedy

There is no doubt about it. It is a big situation, a big game, a fun game. It is fun to play defense like that and make big plays for your pitcher.

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.

Kit Bond

Let me be clear: The National Guard is being fully active, not only in the work they are doing overseas but in their homeland defense activities.

Marcus Johnson

Lots of time we'd come down and make one call, then the defense would be something we didn't expect and we'd have to make another call. It gets tough but we just need to get better at it.

Last year was a struggle in a lot of ways, ... Defense really hurt us last year. We're used to some pretty tough defenses, and that wasn't the case.

Last year, the defense was young and inexperienced and the linebackers moved around in different positions. Everybody's used to playing where they're at and we're communicating well.

Last year Terryville played us tight in two one-goal games. Their defense was just as tough today,

Last year's game greatly motivated us. We knew our offense was good enough to win. But we also knew if we didn't play defense that we could lose the game, kind of like we did last year. We picked up the defense, picked up the intensity and took the win.

(LeRoy) is playing his tail off. He's really, really helping out on defense. It helps our pitching to have a shortstop playing third base.

Terry Hoeppner

Many people will say, Division I-AA, gosh, why did Indiana struggle? But this is really a good football team. They played very well. Their defense gave us problems, and obviously they ran the ball way too much.

Scot is a tremendous player. I look forward to him anchoring our defense on what I hope will be a very strong team in 2006.

Scoring, that's something that comes and goes. I figure if I play solid defense and do the little things, it helps your team win games.

Scoring runs has been the key for our season. You can see we're not scoring runs efficiently. It doesn't matter how great your defense looks. You've got to produce runs. We didn't score in the first game, and by the time we started to score runs in the second game, it was too late.

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She's (Strickland) come on so well defensively the last few games. She plays super defense, did a good job on the (Erica) Rivera (at Pasquotank County) girl and a good job up in Hickory, and she moves her feet well, and she hit some big shots.

She's starting for us this year as a point guard. She's a shooter and very competitive. Her role is to score and play defense 95 feet.

She's so versatile. She plays defense, rebounds, she can play three different positions, and she's a vocal leader and role model.