Famous Quotes & Sayings

That kind of stuff happens early in the season. Our defense wasn't very good, but our offense picked it up.

Will Johnson

That really pumped us up. When our offense clicks, our defense picks up and the rest of our game picks up.

It's like I told the team, it's OK to win a game like that sometimes. We won this game with defense. Our defense was pretty doggone good.

It's nice to get that first win. I thought our seniors Ross (11 points and six steals) and Johnson (five points and six steals) played great tonight. Our defense really stepped up too.

Chad Henne

It's mostly in the spread periods for the defense and trying to give the defense a look for the spread teams that come up (this season).

It's not as if we didn't know Welch could shoot. Every time we made a run, our defense would let down.

Ebony really did a great job of guarding Ortiz in the second half. Our entire team stepped it up on defense in the second half.

Everybody is eager to play defense this year. Everybody wants to get stops, everybody wants to press, everybody wants to do all that stuff, there's a lot of pride on defense.

Everybody on the defense has that one play where if they could have gotten it back ...

Everybody was great on defense. I am very proud of them. They were so tenacious on defense and just wanting it - wanting it so much.

Athletically he can do it. We don't sit and worry if he is going to get hurt or not. He could be an every-down player. We have enough depth that guys can spell him if we have to. His focus has to be at tailback. We will rest him on defense if we have to.

As long as we're in meetings going over the routes and how to play them and talking out the defense when we're out on the field, I think we'll be on the same page and be successful back there, no matter who we put in there.

Scott Skiles

As long as they're good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense and staying out of foul trouble.

Heath Miller

As it will be every week, we're going to take what the defense gives us. The defense will dictate where we're going to go with the football.

That was a big play there and we made a few more after that. (Elon) is a good hitting team and our defense and pitching got it done.

That was a big play for them. Our defense played really well after that. We got three of their turnovers.

That's when I really took a picture of the defense and everything started slowing down. I just saw everything so perfectly on that play. I really started to get a good feel for it.

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.

Rodney Carney

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

That's what we start with from day one. The kids play with a high energy level, and that allows us to do a lot of different things on defense. Our defense is our staple.

Chauncey Billups

That's what we're about. Our offense is good, and we got a lot of great offensive players. But our defense - that's what we're known for. That's what we do.

That's what the defense is here for. Come put out fires and help the offense as much as we can.

That's why we've got him here, to step up in big games on the defensive end. He plays good help-side defense and does well jumping into the passing lanes. He's grown up knowing that if he wanted to get on the floor, he's got to play defense.

That's why you play the games. There's always things that you've got to get lined up for. I'm sure they're working on their running game, and we've got to make improvement on our defense ... or all of a sudden a team like that could rush for 250, 300 yards.

Ron Rivera

That's not a particular problem because in our defense a lot of the linebackers are interchangeable. The outside guys can play either spot.

That's nice. We were ready defensively, and we've done that all year. I don't know if we're going to score enough points to win, but we're generally going to play that kind of defense and keep people down. The kids are well-seasoned and they run our plays pretty well. Our problem has been finishing.

That's just the heart of this team. They know defense and take pride in their defense.

That's just a good football team there. Our defense missed some tackles and kept giving up the big play and they are a big-play team.

That's impressive. Thank goodness we were playing defense and getting rebounds. That kept us in the game.

That's his thing. Everybody's going to make a mistake here or there, but when you do, come back and give the defense a big play.

That's kind of what we do. We're not awesome. But we're a good, sound team. We pitch well enough, play defense well and get the key hit.

All around we did well, but today our defense was good. When we're playing good defense we're a tough team to beat.

Everything has been real positive so far. The defense played well and the offense made some big plays.