Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jamie Dixon

His defense was very good. He did not hurt us defensively. If he does that stuff, the points will come. We have to get him running more and to the boards.

Clint Hurdle

His defense is continually improving and is something he takes a lot of pride in. Also he's going to steal some bases.

Bob Thomason

His defense and rebounding have been terrific. I've never seen him rebound the way he has during this stretch.

His half-court man-to-man defense put the clamps on us. We started rushing our shots and lost our composure.

His fastball was moving pretty well and his location was excellent. And the big thing was our defense made a lot of plays for him.

Becca has stepped it up all year. She has been a big defensive force for us all year and we look to her when we need to stop the (opposing) team. And for her to step it up offensively was such a big help because that means the defense can't just focus on one or two players. They have to worry about all five.

I'm thankful because in all honesty, we haven't had a long time off. We had four days. They worked hard those days, and then we had this. These last four games gave us an opportunity to get back in our offense and defense and get ready to go.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

I'm not the guy who will take many shots, ... Some games I might, just because of the way the defense will work. I haven't really been the one who's shooting a lot. I much more prefer to get my teammates involved and make sure the team is running properly. I would like to take 20 shots, don't get me wrong, but it might not happen.

Chad Johnson

I'm not trying to be funny, but their defense is unbelievable. They fly all over the place, like bumblebees. They should be wearing yellow and black.

Chad Johnson

I'm not trying to be funny, but their defense is unbelievable,

I'm happy that they (changed) the hand-check rule, and I'm a scorer. It allows guys to really learn how to move their feet, and teaches teams to really learn if one guy gets beat, another guy has to be there. We understand that and that's what makes our defense that much better.

Jonathan Vilma

I'm a Saints guy, and I'm on the defensive side and I'm hearing the hell that the Saints fans are giving the opposing offenses and it's pretty tough. It's a huge challenge to manage the defense with that noise, but I'd rather them be loud and pumped up and going than quiet, because if they're quiet it means we're getting beat.

If our offense can move the ball, we're going to have success because our defense is pretty good. We're not great, but we're pretty good on defense. By the endo the season I hope people label us as a great defense.

If our guys are hitting like they usually do, it stretches the defense ? it makes it a lot harder for their guys to help down on me. It gets our guys good looks if I'm scoring and if they're hitting outside it gets me good looks ? it's a hand-in-hand deal.

Ben Wallace

If our defense struggles a little bit, our whole game seems to struggle. It's good to know we're going out on this trip with our defense clicking.

If people are going to leave me wide open, then it's my job to knock them down. We're taking what the defense gives us.

If somebody was to watch us for the first time, they would say that defense is our strength and they would probably be correct.

If somebody comes back to me and says there's nothing wrong with the Department of Defense paying journalists, I'll say, 'Even if there's nothing wrong, does it make sense ?

I just told the guys ... let's come out, let's pick it up on defense so we can get some transition points and speed the game up, and play at our speed as opposed to playing it at their tempo.

I just think this is going to be a game that goes down to the wire. I don't know what the score's going to be, but I think the offense and the defense are going to have to play continually through four quarters. I don't think by the end of the third quarter the game's going to be decided.

I just reacted, ... Defense is something you can win games with.

Tyler Smith

I just saw an opening and I took it, just being aggressive, I guess. My main job is to play defense and to set the guys up in the plays we set up.

I just think that the way Walters started, that helped Caleb. Caleb switched on defense to guard him, and he stepped up.

Roy H. Williams

I really thought their defense really dominated our offense.

I really thought the difference was our defense in the second half. (Enright) had a tremendous first half.

I really thought our pitching did a nice job, our defense was not very good and offensively we did not hit like we will hit.

I really thought it was a knock-down, drag-out type of game. They played great defense and were physical. I thought we played real good defense and were physical. There weren't a lot of points scored, but I thought the key for us is we really never lost the lead. I'm proud of my guys.

I really think we worked them on the offensive end and we really wanted to work them on defense. Then we went inside and out to try and get a two or a three instead of in the first half where we relied on threes.

I love the fact that we won because of our defense (in the semifinals). We've preached that all year. Our defense has been solid all year. That's what we need to do again.

Linda Ronstadt

I'll occasionally go and do an honor like the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund because it raises money for a very worthy organization.

Buck Showalter

I look at stats just like you do. It's about run production and run reduction with defense and pitching.

I know he tends to float that way, whether or not he does it on purpose. He's able to find places where the defense can't find him.

I know it is an old cliche, but defense wins championships and this was like a championship game.