Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Turner

Definitely defense. If I can play defense like I play offense, then I can really be good.

Defense is a big part of the game, and that was the difference in the game tonight. They had an inning where they made some mistakes and we took advantage.

Defense has been the strength of this team for three years.

Defense has been our weak point this year, particularly in the second half.

Defense has been our strength this season, and it saved us tonight.

Defense has been our only consistent. Offensively, we score 70 in one game, then 29 in the next, it's been crazy. But our defense is always consistently tough and I'm real happy with that.

Defense has been our motto all year, and we stuck to it.

Defense has been our key all season long. When you're not scoring, you have to find a way to keep the other team from scoring, and we did that. When they got hot, we took away their hot people in the second half.

Defense has been a strong point thus far. But that offense slowly but surely, it's coming.

Defense doesn't demand a lot of schemes, it demands a lot of heart. You've got to want to stop somebody as much as you want to score yourself.

Caron Butler

Defense can help you get on some magnificent runs and put teams away. That's what we're looking forward to because we know we can score. We have a lot of offensive-minded guys that can fill it up so, if we get stops, we'll have no problems on the other end.

Defense as a whole is going to be very big for us. We're going to have to team rebound. Our aggressiveness is going to be the key and how mentally strong we're gonna be.

Defense and rebounding are the reasons we are more competitive this year. We're a better team.

Defense and penalties I thought we reduced a lot of those things. It was a team effort for us and I'm proud of the way we played.

Defense and government contractors couldn't make anything inexpensive if their lives depended on it.

The team defense was great. It was an all-around great game, especially going into the Big East (schedule).

The third quarter was a clinic. To hold the other team to no points, to only have two turnovers and outscore them 14-0, that's a textbook game. The defense was so good. There were several plays where we completely disrupted their offense.

The thing with Texas is they have so many weapons, but I really think the speed of our defense will help us.

John Brady

The thing that was most impressive to me is we didn't foul on the last shot. And I've seen teams lose games because they're undisciplined and they foul. He took a tough shot. I thought he traveled before he shot. Our team did the five-switch defense on their own, which was good for them to be able to do, considering up until that point we hadn't really made too many good decisions.

The thing about volleyball is if you don't have others on the court, you can't win. We don't have the same offensive power we have had, but we have equal -- if not better -- defense and ball control. You can't throw a game like volleyball on the shoulders of one person.

Steve Smith

The thing about their defense is that there is no trick about it. We know how they are. We saw how hard they hit and how hard they play.

Quentin Richardson

The thing is, we're concentrating on defense and stopping teams. That to me is making a big difference.

I've never been able to play defense in my life. I knew that from the first second on the floor, I was going to be dominated on the defensive side.

I've never been able to play defense in my life.

Adam Carriker

I've always been a Husker fan. Growing up, I remember the defense had 50-some sacks. Last year wasn't half as many. That's not good. It wasn't acceptable.

Sometimes you fight back like that and it takes all your energy. We needed to play better defense in the first half.

Sometimes we play good defense and it's a letdown once you let them get an offensive rebound. The key to getting stops is stopping 'em, making 'em take a tough shot and then wrapping up the possession with a rebound.

It was the physicality of their defense that kept us out of our flow.

It was up and down for us; we played some good, some bad, some mediocre. We played very good defense at times. When we realized that we had to play, we played good defense.

It was very important to show (the coaches) that I know the defense and they can depend on me to get it done.

Thomas Brooks

It was very emotional. (Even) at that moment, he's thinking about the team. We told the defense to keep them down there. They were on the one-foot line and they couldn't get their normal distance. We went for the block.

It was tough. We know Florida State's defense is always going to be tough and this one is no different.

Brandon Roy

It was welcome back, Mike. It's fun having him out there because he stretches out the defense so much.