Famous Quotes & Sayings

Norv Turner

Kerry gets excited for every game, and I'm sure he'll be a little more here. But you know, he's played enough and he knows you've got to go play. And you've got to play within what we're doing and what the defense is giving us opportunities to do.

Jermaine Dye

Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,

(Kenny) played fantastic. He hit some tough shots, but he played well on defense too.

Harold Wilson

Kids have a mindset - and a lot of people have a mindset - that you have to have a starting five, and they're supposed to play as much as they can. What we had to understand was if we wanted the starters to finish strong, we had to have that other group play. We had to keep up the pace and tempo to keep the defense continually strong. We had to wear down our opponents.

I wouldn't be surprised if they shot 60 percent. I told the guys at halftime that if we played good defense and they were still hitting, I would be the first to go and shake their hands.

Kadoka is very good on defense and switches it up quite a bit.

Jones put such a good defense with that 3-2 zone and our guards just weren't patient.

Richard Jefferson

J-Kidd, it was just unbelievable what he did. He's been all-league defense I don't know how many years.

Tiki Barber

I think it'll tell a lot about our team and our offense in particular and how good we really are. They've been playing great defense and it's a monumental test for us to go on the road and do what we've done at home.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

Basically, I knocked it in. But the defense played well. There were some shaky moments, but I'll take the number of shots they had on goal.

Because we're not great on offense, we've got to be strong on defense. We can't give people second or third shots.

Chris Johnson

I'm a little shocked by how our defense played. We've always been a good defensive team, but four five quarters in row now, we haven't shown up.

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.

Kyle Brown

I think it's good for the defense to have that rest on the sideline sipping water and Gatorade while we're out there scoring points.

Rod Woodson

I think it's going to start with our defense -- and it's got to start with our corners.

I think it's human nature to go out there with that mind-set. Defense wins championships, just like the Rhinos used to do.

It could be the defense and it could also be that we may be trying to make the spectacular play and not just make the easy play.

Bobby Bowden

It comes when you least expect it. The defense played super, but we gotta work on the quarterbacks.

I thought we served well and I thought our back row defense was pretty good. I wasn't pleased with our blocking. We can get better.

Tim Duncan

I thought we played well enough to win. When you penetrate and pump fake on shots like we did it moves the defense with you. Parker was great tonight like he has been all year.

I threw strikes and was able to go late in the game. And the defense was outstanding.

I think the last five quarters is exactly what we needed. We have remembered that defense is what makes us a good team.

Craig Jones

I think the key is going to be pitching and defense. Our defense is something that needs to be tightened up.

I think that's a big key, and it's been like that a lot for us. We try to generate some offense with our defense ... it's a lot more fun to shoot wide open lay ups than to shoot (while being guarded).