Quotes about defense
defense minnesota question
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.
defense holding
It wasn't necessarily their defense that was holding us. We just didn't make shots.
defense game perspective prettiest
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.
defense guy places sign someplace team
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. Adam Archuleta
defense difficult job throw took tough trap trying zone
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.
defense definitely ground played
It was definitely a ground game. The linemen were excellent, defense played well. Without them it wouldn't have worked. Bob Johnson
defense great throwing
It was everything I expected, ... I could've done a little better throwing the ball. But they have a great defense. Marcus Vick
defense good
It was some good defense and some good fortune. We'll take them both. Jerry Stackhouse
defense player pursuing scheme skill
It was the defense over pursuing to a play and a skill player making a play. It was more of individuals making a play than scheme or design.
defense definitely focal point role
It's definitely frustrating, because I know what I can do. When you're a focal point of a team's defense it's tough. It's a different role from what you're used to.
defense definitely easy four good minutes playing pressure run third until
It's definitely a whole different world than playing without two starters. After the first four minutes of the first half, we had a really good run there until the third quarter. We used our pressure defense and got some easy baskets.
defense games good high hold next scoring teams wins
It's defense that wins big games and the next games aren't going to be high scoring. They're going to be battles, ... If you can hold teams down in that scoring range, you're going to be in a good situation.
defense direction hard hopefully pride step taking
It's been hard for us taking pride in our defense, and hopefully we were able to take a step in the right direction today.
defense fast hard playing rush seemed win
It's been hard for me because I still believe, if you're going to win the big games, you have to rush the football. They scored so fast tonight, it seemed like we were playing defense all the time.
defense good offense players points pressure six
It's been there all year. We have six players averaging between 8 and 12 points a game. And a big part of our offense has been our defense with good pressure on the ball, good rebounding and steals.
defense depending matter night offensive pride score showing team
It's a matter of us showing up and having that pride that we are not going to let the other team score. We have so many offensive weapons, who can all score 20-25 on any night depending on who's hot. But defense is going to get us to the championship.
defense formulate last needs plan playing run
It's an attitude. You're doing what needs to be done to get the run in. The last thing you want is a strikeout. Then nothing can happen. You have to see where the defense is playing you, formulate a plan and go to work. Ned Yost
defense easy figured hope looked nights pressure seems shoot since stuck team tough
It looked like we were stuck in mud. We just had to play through it. We figured since we couldn't shoot we'd make our defense our offense. We put the pressure on them, and we got some easy buckets that fell. You've got those nights where nothing seems to fall. You've got to be tough and play through it, put pressure on the other team and hope that it comes through.
defense execution feet fog looked move played team though time won
It looked as though we played in a fog for 32 minutes. The better team won tonight. Any time there isn't execution and (you) don't move your feet on defense you're going to get beat.
defense funny game hit pitching shows
It just shows you how funny this game is. You can not get a hit and still be in the game if your pitching and defense does well.
defense shows
It kind of shows what kind of defense we had. Brodrick Bunkley
defense great guys picked played seemed trouble
It seemed like I was in trouble in every inning, but the guys picked me up and played great defense and scored some runs. Andy Pettitte
defense double fun help preparing time
It's double duty. But that's why you play the game. It's fun to go out there and help our defense out while at the same time preparing myself to play. Seneca Wallace
defense pride seemed
It seemed like we were a little lackluster defensively. We take pride in defense, and that just wasn't there tonight. Chris Jones
defense key limit
It's important to limit Arkansas' penetration and be there on the catch. The key to our defense is just being on the same page. Charles Lee
defense duel held pitching school
It was a pitcher's duel for awhile. It was old school pitching and defense that held them.
defense entire good hard physically
It was a physically hard game. But we had good defense for the entire game.
defense helped kevin nice step task
It was nice to see our defense step up like this and it helped that Kevin Donovan was up to the task in goal.
defense field guys nice offense punching quick seemed younger
It was nice to be able to get some of the younger guys in tonight. Our defense seemed to be on the field all night. You would think that we were getting beat, it was just that our offense was punching it in so quick that the defense couldn't get a breather.
defense threw took
It was kind of like a sweep, ... I took the ball. The defense thought it was a sweep. I threw it down the field. Kevin Johnson
defense lack tough
It wasn't a lack of defense on those threes. They just made some tough shots.
defense
It was more our defense than our offense.
defense minds suck team
It was now or never. We had to suck it up, toughen up and buckle down on defense or we were going to lose. We just made up our minds that we weren't going to be the team that was disappointed tonight.