Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Skiles

As long as they're good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense and staying out of foul trouble.

Heath Miller

As it will be every week, we're going to take what the defense gives us. The defense will dictate where we're going to go with the football.

That was a big play there and we made a few more after that. (Elon) is a good hitting team and our defense and pitching got it done.

That was a big play for them. Our defense played really well after that. We got three of their turnovers.

That's when I really took a picture of the defense and everything started slowing down. I just saw everything so perfectly on that play. I really started to get a good feel for it.

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.

Rodney Carney

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

That's what we start with from day one. The kids play with a high energy level, and that allows us to do a lot of different things on defense. Our defense is our staple.

Chauncey Billups

That's what we're about. Our offense is good, and we got a lot of great offensive players. But our defense - that's what we're known for. That's what we do.

That's what the defense is here for. Come put out fires and help the offense as much as we can.

That's why we've got him here, to step up in big games on the defensive end. He plays good help-side defense and does well jumping into the passing lanes. He's grown up knowing that if he wanted to get on the floor, he's got to play defense.

That's why you play the games. There's always things that you've got to get lined up for. I'm sure they're working on their running game, and we've got to make improvement on our defense ... or all of a sudden a team like that could rush for 250, 300 yards.

Ron Rivera

That's not a particular problem because in our defense a lot of the linebackers are interchangeable. The outside guys can play either spot.

That's nice. We were ready defensively, and we've done that all year. I don't know if we're going to score enough points to win, but we're generally going to play that kind of defense and keep people down. The kids are well-seasoned and they run our plays pretty well. Our problem has been finishing.

That's just the heart of this team. They know defense and take pride in their defense.

That's just a good football team there. Our defense missed some tackles and kept giving up the big play and they are a big-play team.

That's impressive. Thank goodness we were playing defense and getting rebounds. That kept us in the game.

That's his thing. Everybody's going to make a mistake here or there, but when you do, come back and give the defense a big play.

That's kind of what we do. We're not awesome. But we're a good, sound team. We pitch well enough, play defense well and get the key hit.

Those two played good defense on him and that was key for us.

Those two inside guys have the knowledge of our defense. That takes time and you have to be smart. You have to study, you have to be diligent and they have to learn to communicate. Our team is predicated on defense and Larry knows that.

Those two guys were a huge part of the successful defense we had here for several years. And now they are helping out up there too, which is nice.

Bob Hill

This team when I first got there played defense with their hands down - the worst I've ever seen.

This team has won a lot of games by scoring early. Our plan was not to let them score in the first 15 to 20 minutes. Our defense shutting them down took them out of their game plan.

This team has the potential for a big season. The offense must reduce the number of turnovers, and the defense must stop the run. Also, we must remain injury-free.

This team has a really good offense, but the defense just clicked.

This was Tony's first year playing defense, and he played at a high level all season. He was always the most-physical player on the ice, and he possesses great hands and a heavy shot.

This was a tough loss for us. We were off a step on our man-to-man defense and because of it we sent them to the line and they capitalized on it.

This was a total team effort. Our offense produced, and our defense really shut down their big guns.

This was a potent offense, but our defense made some nice plays and kept hitting hard. I was really happy to see that we kept playing them tough in the second half. Stagg has been known in the past for tough defenses, and I think it will be the same this year.

This was a fast tempo game and we couldn't find a defense to stop their (continual) scoring. The shots we did get to fall, we had to earn.

Zach Thomas

This was about the offense winning for us. I'm not sure, for all the time I've been here, I can say the offense had won a game when the defense didn't play well.

This was a big win. We were patient on offense and defense and stuck to our scouting report. A lot of guys stepped up tonight.