Quotes about defense
defense easy giving good players pride starts taken transition
The transition defense starts it all, not giving up easy baskets. The players have taken pride in defense. And that's good to see.
defense fear good league major third
I see someone who doesn't' show any fear about getting up there in a big-game situation. And at third base, we feel he can play good defense at the major league level.
defense fortunate offense strength struggled
I've been fortunate to have been through that before, where the offense struggled and the defense had to play every snap. I've been through it, so that's where I get some of my strength from.
defense lucky obviously
It would behoove us to have a low-scoring game. For that to happen, obviously we've got to play very well on defense and be lucky too, Rich Rodriguez
defense good help impact team win
I've never had a varsity touchdown before and to come out and get two on defense is big. It's good to know you can help the team win without having a big impact on offense.
defense last main zone
The zone was our main defense last year.
defense digging entire gave good late looked matter seconds shot standing waiting
We just gave up way too many late shot-clock baskets, and that's just a matter of digging in. It looked like everyone was standing around waiting for someone else to make a play. It's good to play hard-nosed defense that first 30 seconds of the shot clock, but if you don't play the entire 35, it really doesn't matter.
defense great savvy strong team
We weren't strong enough, and they made savvy plays. Vincent is a great player, and the defense of their whole team was great.
defense offense worrying
We weren't stressing on offense and worrying about what was wrong, ... We know we can take what the defense will give us, and we'll be all right. Reggie Wayne
defense proud run stop
We weren't real proud of our run defense. We'll try to stop the run first (against Baylor). If you can't stop the run, you've got problems. Mack Brown
defense focused playing pressure strengths
We were really focused tonight. We're playing to our strengths right now, which is pressure defense and fast-break offense.
defense good job mistake time transition
We were pretty good in transition defense in the first half. We did a much better job in the second. Just about every time we made a mistake in the first half, bam bam, they would be right there.
defense playing riding
We were playing defense a lot in those two losses. Our defense has sharpened up, our slides are always there and we're riding the momentum.
defense lost
We lost by 20. Our defense was terrible.
defense free good guard missed point post running
We missed free throws, we couldn't rebound, we didn't play good defense in the post and we did not look good at times at the point guard position. It didn't look like we were running anything offensively.
defense good hitting might played shots stay
We might have started a little slow, but our defense played really well. We weren't hitting our shots right away, but when you have good defense you stay in the game.
defense last level maintain
We have to find a way to get some points. Hopefully, our defense will be able to maintain their level of play from last week.
defense double kurt position post puts
We have to double the post now. When you have Kurt down there, you don't have to do that. It makes you have to rotate and puts you out of position on defense and for rebounds. Raja Bell
defense road saying true wins
We have to do it on the road from here on out. Defense wins championships. I've been saying that for 29 years and it's just as true now as it was back then.
defense hurt special stop teams
We had these guys, but special teams hurt us a lot. We couldn't stop them as well sometimes on defense in situations. We've just got to make more plays. James Jones
defense game phases special three won
We won all three phases of the game offense, defense and special teams.
defense kids needed played second super woke
We woke up in the second quarter. The kids really steeped it up and played super defense tonight, right when we needed it.
defense guards intensity missed point spark
We show-ed a lot of intensity on defense early. But we missed one of our point guards who is the spark for our defense. Robin Williams
defense effort extra fourth gave played quarter solid turned
We turned it on at the right time. We played solid defense all the way through, and in the fourth quarter we gave that extra effort and got the win. Gilbert Arenas
defense felt forcing good mac pressure
We felt good about it. And we had some opportunities in overtime, but we had some untimely turnovers, too. But give Mac credit. They play a lot of pressure defense and they're good about forcing turnovers.
defense felt game ours time
We felt our defense had done its part, and it was time for us to do ours and put the game away. Drew Brees
defense felt keeping nice playing position
We felt offensively we should have had a little more success. But it's nice to know the defense is playing well and keeping us in a position to win. Kevin Corrigan
defense game good great hope nights playing shoot win
We got some good shots. They just didn't fall. But we were playing great defense. There are going to be those nights when you don't shoot well and hope your defense can win the game for you.
defense execution good offense
We got some execution on offense for a change, and our defense was good again.
defense goes guarded played second
We got out and guarded shooters and played much better defense in the second half. It just goes back to the first half. Larry Hogan
defense gives
We got nothing out of P.J.. He didn't give us defense and that's usually what he gives us. Mark Turgeon
defense hit hits keys pitching string together tonight win
We hit in spurts tonight and we were able to string together some hits to get the win. But our pitching and our defense were the keys to the win tonight.
defense hoping immensely improved lose mentally playing runs score seven six strong stronger year
We improved immensely on offense, but we'd score six runs and lose seven to six. Some of it was on the mound, but a lot had to do with not playing strong defense. I'm hoping that this year we play stronger defense fundamentally and mentally and be better on the mound.