Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's not one guy getting more praise than another. That mentality keeps the defense together.

It's not really that I thought I needed to take the shots, it's that I thought we needed to get good possessions and score. Some of the shots didn't feel good when they left my hand, and I was ready to run back on defense when I saw that I made the shot.

DeMeco Ryans

It's nothing special. Everyone keeps saying that it's a special offense. They're a five-wide spread offense. We've just got to come up with a defense to stop it.

It's no secret that we have a strong defense. Biddle (senior Jacob) was a force on the field tonight and the entire team fed off of the defenses energy.

It's no secret that our defense generates a lot of offense for us. That's one of the things we're going to be working on next summer. We really concentrated this year on the team defense, but now we need to work on the team offense.

Foreman pitched very well her first time out. The defense wasn't there, so she pitched even better than she looked.

Forget about 81 points. To be able to get up that many shots and still play defense at the other end of the floor, that's a pretty incredible physical accomplishment.

For being undersized, our intensity in man-to-man defense wasn't there like it has been. But it will get there. We're getting better.

They don't know who's going to get the ball, and then somebody's going in motion on every play, so that misdirection really throws them off. We have so many ways to disguise our plays, so the defense can never really tell what we're doing.

They don't have as many skilled players as in the past. They don't have much of an offense and they don't have as many powerful hitters. Their defense is OK.

They had a whole week to scout us and scout what we do. They put in new plays and stuff we didn't know about. They ran off a lot of screens in the first half and that killed us. We didn't come out with a focus on defense like we usually do.

They had a very hard time with our defense in the second half.

Mike Burns

They do a great job of pressuring people defensively. And their defense is designed to just jam up everything and take you out of any sort of pattern. Under those circumstances, you've got to be sound with the dribble, sound with the pass, and sound with the catch. And for stretches we were 0-for-3 in that department.

Rick Carlisle

They didn't do a great job with the coverage, but, hey, the way Tinsley played tonight, he put the defense in a tough situation. That was a huge play because it was so hard for Jermaine to get open looks around the basket. It gave our team some energy at the defensive end.

They extended their defense out to us. They made it difficult for us to get good looks.

Lindy Ruff

They dumped the puck in religiously. They had our defense going back for the puck all night. When we had the puck, we did them a favor by turning the puck over.

They are a tough team with the lead because they grind it out and wear you down on defense.

They are so quick. You hear about the offense but I thought their defense was the key to the game.

They are real proud of that. I didn't realize that they did it, but they let me know. I always preach defense and it helps get easy baskets.

They are really improved. They have really come on at the end of the season. We are going to have to be tougher on post defense and pressure the guards so we don't give them that easy entry pass.

Sam Anderson

You don't go at it and say, 'Who is going to be Levi this year?' We don't have one person that can replace that, ... He forced the defense to play differently.

This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawyers it then knows who is whom.

Janet Reno

This merger isn't just about dollars and cents, ... It's about winning wars and saving lives. We want to insure that any defense merger protects our soldiers' lives and our taxpayers' wallets.

There was a time when he was thinking offense, offense, offense. Now he understands the value of defense and he?s one of our better defenders.

Mike Thompson

There was no way he was going to make (the kick), no way. There was just no way we were going to lose. Our defense had worked too hard to lose.

Champ Bailey

There was nothing they were doing why we couldn't make things happen, all we had to do is just play. We dominated and we never gave up. The offense played well and scoring on defense really helps.

Aaron Gray

There was just a lack of defense on our part.

There was no rhythm to the first half. It was frustrating in the first half, but their defense did it to us.

There was no energy, no intensity (against Rose). They had to do it on defense and drive us the whole way through the game.

There were a lot of things that went on that you have to take into account. But if you have the No. 2-ranked defense two years in a row, that's not a fluke.

There were a lot of jitters in the first quarter. Our defense shut them down in the second quarter and I think that was the key.

There was too much standing around and not wanting to get down and play defense. But a win is a win, and you can't always look at the negatives.

There were some good collisions. I was pleased with some things the defense did, though the offense maybe got the better of it in the end. We're a little rusty, but I've got to remember it was the first day in pads.