Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lloyd Carr

I think if you take one play out of the football game, our defense did a very good job,

Mike Woods

It gave me a headache halfway through, but I got through it. The defense was definitely in the right place at the right time.

It feels great. I'm very happy we were able to go out and get another chance. We really wanted to work on our defense and get back to playing the way we know we can.

Dennis Johnson

It feels good to get another win at home. The guys worked really hard on defense and made the extra pass on offense tonight.

I think our offense is getting better every week, ... If we get the offense going, that should make our defense even better.

I think our man defense kind of kept us in the game, and when we executed our offense, we did fine.

Lovie Smith

I think six games into our season you see the type of defense we are, ... This is the position we want to be in, going up to Detroit in first place.

I think Seton stepped up their defense and got in our faces. We got rattled, but not too bad. The third quarter was when they did their real damage, but what a great season for us. We won our division and the kids played with heart.

I think right now it's exciting because we didn't have a good year last year. I want to make sure this Oregon State defense is back. Last year we didn't show that as well as we should have.

Buddy Bell

I think everybody is talking about our infield (defense) being better, which it is. But our outfield defense is going to be better, too.

I think defensively we will be pretty strong. We banked a lot on our defense last year. This year we hope to get over the hump with some hitting.

I think defense is the easiest thing to do to get yourself going. If you get a steal or a rebound, it motivates you to keep doing it. If I can get some steals and help the team score, it helps me to get going.

I think once the kids started playing games, they got excited and really started to execute well. We work to get one run each inning and we're executing defensively. Our pitchers have been throwing strikes and letting the defense do the work for them.

I tell the team we have to pack our defense and rebounding for road trips. Those are things you have to do well to win away from home.

La'Roi Glover

I think I can play any defense. Whether at a nose guard, or a three-technique. I played some defensive end in the 3-4. I played some defensive end in the 4-3. I think a player has more value when he can do more things.

I think in all honesty, defense is going to win this game. It's not going to be offense.

I think he gets better every day, he really does. He gets more comfortable. He's a special guy. We're going to see how he plays after a week's worth of preparation and somebody getting ready for him. The Redskins' defense has had a whole week to get ready for him now, what he can do, what he can't do. So, we'll see.

I think he'd also be the first one to say we played really solid team defense for 120 minutes this weekend.

I think honestly our defense is better at this point than last year. Why? Because of No. 97.

Will Smith

I think his head wasn't in the game the first half. I think they underestimated our speed on defense, but they made some good adjustments in the second half.

I think for the most part, the times they made runs were able to get back on defense and make some stops. But we didn't make as many stops in a row as we wanted to and needed to.

It definitely was not a 16-point game. We held them 20 under what they usually score, and we didn't even play good defense in the second half.

It definitely started with the defense. We started out tough on defense and the offense played off of that. We didn't rush our shots and we took the shots that we wanted.

I thought he played fantastic. He's a kid who's a hustler and plays good defense and gets a lot of rebounds for us. Everything we get from him offensively is a bonus.

I thought if we could ever get (Jones) out of that zone defense and get out and run, I thought we'd be OK. Joe, Tyler (McDaniels) and Ivan, their shooting really opened some doors for us.

DeAngelo Hall

I thought I did pretty well. I think our defense as a whole played pretty good.

Nate Robertson

I thought I had pitched well enough to win some of those games, ... Tonight, I made pitches when I needed them, and the defense made the plays.

I think the strength of the defense is not going to be one particular position, but how well we play together, ... because a lot of this defense is people doing everything together. Our success this season will depend on how quick we can get on the same page and stay there.

I think the team that plays defense is going to win. It will be entertaining. We don't want to play their style, but sometimes when you play them, it's unavoidable.

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.

Mark Gottfried

I think they're a top 15 team in the country. I'm not sure there are 15 teams better than them. We had key defensive stops at key times. Collectively, the defense won the game for us.

Just her work ethic rubs off on everybody else. She's always going 100 percent, and I think people see that out of her and tend to pick it up, too. The main thing I like out of her is if you need a person who's going to go get rebounds and get in there on defense and get on the ball. A lot of kids do that, and Danielle thinks that's her role and she does a good job of it.

I'm speechless. I just want to jump up and down. I'm glad for the coaches. Our defense was a big key in the second quarter (holding West McDowell to only one basket). We, as a team, showed a lot of heart and didn't quit.