Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ed Orgeron

Well, he got ready in about two seconds on the sidelines. I think with about a week's preparation, he will be as ready as we can get a freshman ready. He is physically talented, and he has been studying our defense. We may not be able to do as many things as we could with Patrick, but I think we can run our defense with (Russell) in there.

To state the obvious, we got our butts kicked today. I thought they out-toughed us, and we never really gave our defense a chance.

To start with a road win is a good way to start a (league) season. We played tough defense and we made our free throws at the end.

Ben Howland

To shoot 3 for 19 from the threes and still win the game is a testament to our defense and rebounding.

Jason Terry

Tonight we made it a point in the huddle that we weren't going to let that happen again. We're a pretty good team when we play defense for four quarters.

Tonight was a great start for the defense. It's time for this defense to step up.

Kevin Garnett

Tonight's win was great. It was a win we definitely needed. For the most part we all played together. We played aggressively. The defense was probably what won the game for us.

Lindy Ruff

Tonight I thought we got our legs back underneath us, we really skated well. Our defense were in on several of our goals, I thought that made the difference in the game.

Very happy about the defense tonight. Holding them to 19 points and 20-percent shooting in the first half was solid, and I was happy to see that we didn't let up in the second half.

Larry Coker

The operation was tragic. That was an extremely disappointing loss. Our defense kept giving us opportunities to win the game and we just didn't get it done. That's why it was so disappointing.

We had a good showing in Ft. Worth this past weekend. Pretty much all of our pitchers that threw did great for us. Our defense is not quite where I would like it to be, but we have a lot of talent, and the guys are working hard. We need to improve.

We had a good shooting night. Our defense was good, and we played them tough under the basket. We're peaking at the right time.

The Seahawks defense is just as good as any other defense, if not better. We have a point to prove on Sunday. Hopefully we can get it done and get a little respect around the league.

Joe Gibbs

The scheme they had on defense for us was something quite a few people up here can play,

I've seen a lot of football. I haven't seen a defense since I've been in the NFL that's more impressive than that defense.

It was the physicality of their defense that kept us out of our flow.

It was up and down for us; we played some good, some bad, some mediocre. We played very good defense at times. When we realized that we had to play, we played good defense.

It was very important to show (the coaches) that I know the defense and they can depend on me to get it done.

Thomas Brooks

It was very emotional. (Even) at that moment, he's thinking about the team. We told the defense to keep them down there. They were on the one-foot line and they couldn't get their normal distance. We went for the block.

It was tough. We know Florida State's defense is always going to be tough and this one is no different.

Brandon Roy

It was welcome back, Mike. It's fun having him out there because he stretches out the defense so much.

It was was hard to watch, actually. If we can't remedy the ball-handling, it's not going to happen. The defense can't overcome it.

It was a nice first line of defense, knowing that somebody was out here watching for smoke. We do miss it. In a way, it would be nice to have that back.

Bruce Brown

It was a new awakening. We found our identity as a defensive team. Great defense is how we're going to keep winning.

It was all there (yesterday). We got pitching, defense and timely hitting. So far we've only gotten two out of three.

Joe Torre

It was all about getting to it more so than anything else. ... You'd like to be able to tighten up defense everywhere, but you can only do so much.

Terry Stotts

It was a performance that we needed. Defensively, that was one of our better games. Our defense contributed to our offense and a lot of times it's the other way around. You like to have a game like that this time of the year.

It was another solid effort by our defense and we limited their chances. This is a good road win.

It was about self-defense in urban areas, since police had been harassing people for many years at that time.

Donald Rumsfeld

These proposals have nothing to do with that, ... These proposals have to do with organizational arrangements within the Department of Defense that put a focus on the important issues relating to space which have been spread throughout the department in a way that has made it difficult to get the right kind of focus and the right kind of emphasis.

Johnnie Cochran

These were tragic deaths. I think that people don't understand that we, on the defense, felt that very strongly also.

The state is in the midst of its case, and then the defense will put on their case.

The state and the defense have two different roles. The state seeks the truth, and the defense seeks to protect their client.