Famous Quotes & Sayings

Give a defense three or four weeks to prepare. Normally, we get two or three days. The defense loves preparation. I think this game will surprise some people. Our defense has been maligned, but they've made plays when they had to.

Free throws will win you big games. Defense and free throws really get you through at this point in the season.

Four errors looks like we didn't play good defense but we did. We executed defensively in key situations. The key to the game was the stretch with key defensive plays. The kids kept their heads. That's a sign of maturity.

For some reason, we couldn't stop Horn, especially in their transition game. We couldn't stop the bleeding. It was our worst game on defense when it comes to the transition game.

Fund directors should be on the front lines in defense of shareholder interest,

From what I have heard, they will be a lot like Marathon. They will get up in your face on defense and have some good shooters, so we'll have to be prepared to play our best.

I don't think we slowed down their speed, we stepped up and played with them. We made some adjustments to our offense and I let the defense pick the style they wanted to play.

Sylvester Croom

I expect us to get more opportunities offensively this year because our defense is going to give us the football. They do a great job of forcing turnovers. And we practice those things.

I expect their defense will be better this fall also.

Chris Bosh

I enjoyed playing with everybody, no one particular person. Everybody shot the ball. The second half we stepped our defense up and we just went out there and played the right way.

Brian Dozier

I love defense probably more than I love offense.

I felt like we played good defense out there. We just have to take this and make us better. I thought this would be a good test for us and it was.

I felt like we played extremely hard on defense tonight.

I felt like we dominated the field of play most of the night. But White County's defense made it tough for us.

John King

I felt good with the way we were playing. Defense and pitching won the games for us today.

I felt like defense is all about attitude. You have to come out ready to play defense.

I felt like we addressed some things on our defense that we were giving up, and I felt like we would play much better in the second half. But once again, we didn't have that life to start the second half.

I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.

Ben Howland

I feel very fortunate. I thought our defense was much better in the second half. If that's not a very good team we just played, I don't know what is. We knew they were very, very good and we feel very, very fortunate to move on.

I feel good. I'm playing. I'm ready to go out there and do anything we need to do to win, whether it's getting rebounds, playing defense or sitting on the bench. I'll do anything they need.

Ronny Cedeno

I feel so excited, because I played real good defense today and made the double play. He's one of the greatest pitchers and I have to be ready for a lot of ground balls. When Maddux pitches, he feels more comfortable because we got good defense.

Edwin Encarnacion

I feel more comfortable with my defense and, with my offense, I think I can do the job. If I can keep working like I have hopefully it's going to be a great year.

I feel like we really needed a game like this. Maybe we don't dominate the stat sheet, but we play great defense and find a way to win.

I can't fault them for picking a defense contractor, given all the public pressure to make the subways more secure.

I can't remember the last time that we didn't have an All-Conference player returning. We've also lost the middle of our lineup. But the good news is that our defense will be solid. We have some returning seniors to provide leadership and we have good freshman players who will push the regulars for playing time.

If we come out and do the little things, rebound and play defense and get up and down the court, we could do a lot of great things.

I don't know Fitch very well and Fitch doesn't know us very well. It's one of those games you show up and hope you play your game and that your defense shows up. You play good defense and execute your offense, you're going to win.

Dan Smith

I don't have any explanation for that. That was just a meltdown. Our defense played great for three quarters and our offense stunk up the field.

Mario Chalmers

I don't have to shoot it a lot, I just have to keep the defense honest,

I'd like to see our defense pick it up and our passing game to get better.

I don't know what we were doing in the first. We couldn't shoot and we couldn't play defense. We didn't get going until that trey by Adam.

I don't know that I've seen a team not score in the first quarter of a varsity game. Our defense was just super and dictated the flow. And Salisbury obviously had an off night.

Derek Smith

I don't know what happened. I don't know specifically where the breakdowns were, ... You win as a team and you lose as team and today the defense kind of gave up the game.