Famous Quotes & Sayings

If Mr. Lampe is basing his defense of Firestone tires on that 100 percent wrong Washington Post story, he's started his first day on the job on a very poor note,

If my defense is weak, and giving up 2-3 runs, we're dead.

Zulima Farber

If I were the defense attorney, I would deny it too -- with vigor.

I have nothing but good things to say about the defense today.

Nick Saban

I haven't been pleased with the tackling on the perimeter of our defense for several weeks now. We are either going to get it out of the guys we have or we are going to get somebody who will do it, because that won't be tolerated.

I hadn't thrown that well the last few games but knew that I need to come up big today. There were some tough situations out there but I just tried to relax and breathe. And the defense was really incredible today and it helped me to relax knowing they would make the plays.

I had some highs and lows. You're going to have that in some games. Luckily, our defense stepped up and made some big plays and gave us some short fields.

Olaf Kolzig

I'm very impressed with the way Mo is progressing. He's been terrific. He's very poised with the puck and physical. Other than goaltender, defense is the toughest position. And it seems he's made the jump.

The first half, especially, we couldn't run our offense. They were pressuring us and we couldn't respond. Their defense killed us.

Jussi Jokinen

The first period was very good for us. We got two big goals and we had good defense in the third period. It was a big win for us.

Rick Reynolds

The elephant in the living room for us is the huge number of seats and the emptiness for great concerts. ... The symphony has to look out for itself. That's what we the trustees are there for. Right now, our first line of defense is a renovation with reduction of seating.

The guys were real happy with their first win. The defense did a real nice job. They had fourth and short yardage five times, and we stopped them four times.

Brian Elliott

The guys in front of me have been unreal lately. I can't say enough about the way we're playing defense right now.

Lawrence Frank

The heart and will that this guy has is unbelievable. His defense on Kobe, his assertiveness on offense -- he would not let our team lose tonight. He put us on his back.

Mark Gottfried

The difference tonight, I thought, was the defense in the first 15 minutes of the second half.

You won't see the Texas defense play like that again.

You win together as a team and you lose together as a team. As a leader on this team, I need to make sure the guys on defense don't get down.

You've got to give them credit. They are very much improved. They pitched well. They played defense well. They deserved to win, there's no question about that.

John Adams

National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

You've got to expect tough shots like that in the game. But I'm just glad we pulled out the victory today. Our defense made a good stand.

You've got that piece of mind. You don't have to do that defense driving. That would wear me out.

Jerry Sloan

And, ... it's a lot easier to get guys to put on a jacket than play good defense for 48 minutes. I mean, have you ever seen Ostertag try to move his feet in the post? You've got to be kidding me. Just put on the stupid coat.

All we talked about was defense and rebounding because we saw how they annihilated Northridge on the boards. We figured a lot of other things would fall into place if we defended.

All we need to do is play our game and not freak out. Our defense and offense are good and our goalie is fantastic. We need to just be patient.

All three of my pitcher did a good job today. And that was the name of the game today. We had good pitching and good defense and that's what led to the victory.

All those walks scored. That's something that has to get better. There's no defense for a walk.

All those things that we talked about a month ago; pitching, defense and offense. We didn't have them all put together a month ago... right now we've kind of put our entire game together.

The girls really wanted that second game. We played some good defense in that game.

The girls played well. We did not shoot well, but the defense was brilliant. Rochester is a quality team, a strong team. They passed well, they played well, they played hard and they played fair.

The girls don't have any reason to hang their heads. We just couldn't get anything down tonight. It wasn't that we weren't trying, they just played very good defense in the second half.

The girls didn't shoot well, but they played great defense to keep us in the game. Another great team effort from the girls.

The girls are playing well, the defense is there and the pitching is there. The defense made the plays that needed to be made.

Maurice Cheeks

The game was much more important for us than it was for them. We got out early and defended. They got some transition baskets, but for the most part, our defense was good.