Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

We lost by 20. Our defense was terrible.

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.

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.

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.

Raja Bell

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.

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.

James Jones

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.

We won all three phases of the game offense, defense and special teams.

We woke up in the second quarter. The kids really steeped it up and played super defense tonight, right when we needed it.

Robin Williams

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.

Gilbert Arenas

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.

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.

Drew Brees

We felt our defense had done its part, and it was time for us to do ours and put the game away.

Kevin Corrigan

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.

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.

We got some execution on offense for a change, and our defense was good again.

Larry Hogan

We got out and guarded shooters and played much better defense in the second half. It just goes back to the first half.

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.

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.

Aaron Gray

We're going to try to have as good a game as last time. We take pride in our defense here. It's going to be a battle, but I'm looking forward to it.

Avery Johnson

We're disappointed with the way we finished the game. Our defense wasn't very good tonight. We gave up 65 points in the second half. We had a lot of things go wrong defensively.

The kids just played an exceptional game. Defense right now is playing very strong with five shutouts in 10 games. I'm excited for the guys that they were able to have a good offensive output tonight, and I hope we can that into the next two games this week.

The key to our win was our goaltending and our defense. Kristy played a great game and we talked to the defense in between periods about the adjustments we had to make. (Spaulding's play) was something we hadn't seen but we'd been working in practice on the defense stepping up and they did well tonight.

The Ministry of National Defense can give its professional views but it is the legislature that should make the final judgment.

Their team is very guard-oriented. Smart defense is going to be the key.

Their second-shot opportunities down the stretch killed us. A lot of defense takes a lot out of you.

Jon Gruden

Their quality zone defense and their spontaneity of mixing in blitzes were tough to handle.

Chris Duhon

Their other guys are really hurting us right now. Our defense is not really where it needs to be. We have to tidy things up.

Their defense was very, very athletic. They put a lot of pressure on the ball, and it made it hard for us to get any quality shots.

Their defense was very open; I was surprised.