Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kirk Hinrich

I've got enough problems; I'm not worried about what's going through his head. I just think it's just been really good team defense; our weak-side defense has been great since we played them.

Oklahoma State had something like 10 straight possessions in the first half without a basket. Our defense really stepped up.

Ohio State has a great defense and I've always been an Ohio State fan. I'm going to take the Buckeyes.

No matter what happens offensively, Erin puts a lot of pressure on herself as far as scoring points. I keep telling her, 'Rebound, play defense and good things will happen.' She did and the girls did, and Erin played real tough.

Clint Hurdle

Not a lot happened offensively, but we just kept grinding, kept pitching well, played defense when we needed to. But we pitched our way to that victory today.

Nothing is more discouraging than facing a tough defense and then giving up a quick score. I was definitely pleased with our defense.

Not having Zach McGee back there (defense) to help keep things organized, that's hurting us.

It was a good win for our program and a needed win for our program. We played solid defense and we rebounded exceptionally well tonight.

Chris Kraus

It was a game of runs. It pretty much comes down to defense and whoever can stop those runs, make stops and get good shots. That's (the key).

It was a great team effort. We had some different kids step up and I can't say enough about how good our team defense was all night.

It was a hard-fought game. It was a great win for our kids. We didn't play well early, but they dug in. We really played good defense in the second half, and we made a lot of good hustle plays tonight. Every one of them was important for us.

It was a great win. It was really a total team effort - offense, defense and special teams.

It was a battle. Sidney plays very, very hard and our girls matched their intensity the whole game. Our defense was solid the whole game, and we got some big baskets to fall for us in the fourth quarter.

Jim Haslett

It was poor run defense the first half, ... We are going to find some guys who want to do it. We will find them and they will be the people who are going to play.

It was part defense and probably them missing shots they couldn't make.

It's what we've been looking for since Vanderbilt, basically. I think our defense played so well that we weren't giving up any of the open shots.

It's very frustrating. It's really embarrassing. This is professional football, not high school football. Even in high school, they score a lot of points. We need to score a lot of touchdowns. The defense is holding us in games. We need to hold up our end of the bargain.

It's very frustrating. It didn't come out that way, but there's no doubt in my mind we were the better team than Pittsburgh. The defense played great. They gave us good field position and we just missed our opportunities. Whether it was penalties or whatever, we just didn't execute right. It was nothing Pittsburgh did. We just killed ourselves.

It's way, way, way too early to talk about things like that. I've never been on a team where it got like that. We're all in it together here. And we're not playing perfect football on defense anyway.

Scott Erickson

It's wasn't a great game, but we want to make sure we get something positive out of the experience. We got to work on some different things with our offense and got them out by halftime, our defense got three quarters and a lot of our younger kids saw some action.

It's exactly how I want them to play every day. Play good defense and scratch out runs. We're competitive and in the games.

It's a tough game to play as far as the way the game was called. It was just so poor that it made it a difficult game to play. In defense of especially our team, we felt like we couldn't do anything. The referee took everything away from what we were trying to do.

I try to do my part. It's gratifying when you pin them down there and the defense stops and they have to punt from the end zone - it's kind of the hidden stuff.

I try to consistently preach at them to play defense and they do it. It's still a roller-coaster ride for these girls, though.

Jason Richardson

It was our defense that lost the game, ... We gave up too many easy baskets, too many free throws and position in the post.

It was our defense that hurt us today. A lot of their runs were off of errors. It used to be our offense that hurt us, but it was our defense today.

Bobby Bowden

It wasn't pretty, but the defense was there for us,

It wasn't pretty but it was a 'W,' ... Minnesota outplayed us in the first half, there's no question our perimeter defense was really poor.

It wasn't necessarily their defense that was holding us. We just didn't make shots.

It wasn't the prettiest game to watch, probably, from the fan's perspective, but defensively we did what we had to do. I was so pleased. Our defense was phenomenal.

Adam Archuleta

It was going to take a lot for me not to sign with Chicago. It was important for me to go someplace where defense was important and they did things the right way. (Williams) was a guy I could play for who could make me better as a player, and this team is going places in this league.

It was difficult trying to get use to their defense, especially with Northwestern's zone trap. The trap was really tough and it took us out of our rhythm. It was my job to try to throw that trap off.

Bob Johnson

It was definitely a ground game. The linemen were excellent, defense played well. Without them it wouldn't have worked.