Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our defensive intensity, and their offensive efficiency. The thing I was happy with, at the end of the game, was that they were making shots, but they were tough shots, they weren't easy. They're a hard team to guard, when they're doing that.

We were worrying about the games we were losing too much, we were worrying about offense too much. We had to get back to us being a defensive team. We are a great defensive team, and I think we showed that tonight. We made it tough for them to score.

We consistently moved the ball. We had some nice long drives. We made a few adjustments after the first drive because their defensive line was crashing.

We really didn't play well to open the game. We called the timeout and tried to get our defensive intensity up.

We quit fouling them and putting them on the line. We made them shoot over us and did a better job controlling the defensive boards.

Troy Vincent

We didn't play good, sound fundamental football. Jerry (Gray, the defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan, and obviously we didn't make plays. We have to be held accountable as players and make some plays.

We didn't get into (offensive) sets quick enough. And that's too good of a defensive team to not run sharp sets.

The one thing we didn't do well was get defensive rebounds. They just had too many second and third shots.

Zach Randolph

We buckled down in the fourth. We made big shots and got some key defensive stops.

Jeff Davis

When Rice plays Mount Mansfield, it's going to be an intense, defensive battle.

Finishing 3-1 on our part was really good. I think we are definitely passing much better. Our offense is definitely working, and we are learning a new defensive system and still working the kinks out. It's our goal to make it to the playoffs and these things are stepping stones to do that.

Sam Adams

First and foremost, as a defensive tackle, I'm here to stop the run. You have to earn your right to rush the passer.

First and foremost, the reason we won this game was a team defensive effort.

Jesse Jackson

The governor does not stand to gain from this matter being delayed. I've met with governors who are hostile and defensive and demagogic. He was none of that.

Carmelo Anthony

We were holding it down on the defensive end. To know that we can do that without him, just imagine what we can do with him when he gets back.

Greg Smith

We were getting frustrated offensively, and it felt to us from a coach's perspective that we were giving in on the defensive end.

When I saw five of our guys slap the floor, it reminded me of Duke and I knew we were going to go away with the win. I don't teach that; they did that on their own. Our defensive intensity played a big role in our winning.

We needed it. It was very good for us to get back to playing Ole Miss basketball. When you don't practice at all, you forget your defensive principles. Just the sharpness goes away a little bit. The week was great for us. We worked hard and had some intense days.

We never could string together positive offensive and defensive runs. We had some defensive letdowns and that was the ballgame.

Amy Taylor

We needed to improve our defensive intensity and that was a pretty good start for us. That's something we haven't had for a while.

Kevin Stallings

I was not happy at halftime. Our defensive play was sloppy, and I thought we did much better in the second half.

I wasn't 100 percent and I didn't feel I could move laterally well enough to give a strong defensive effort. But I'm definitely going to play Saturday.

Will did a great job tonight of really leading our break. He got a lot of defensive rebounds and just started going down the floor. ... Just great looks down the floor and if Will gets us out and going in transition like that, we're tough to beat.

We have one of the better defensive outfields I've ever seen. These guys can go get it.

Don Cooper

We haven't utilized it yet, because we just don't have the personnel right now. We play our six most talented people. Most of the elite teams are using them, because it gives a smaller player who has good defensive skills an opportunity to play the back row more often than just three rotations.

We jumped out on them and got a few steals. I think our overall defensive pressure had them struggling them a bit. We didn't play particularly well the rest of the game, but our defensive presence is what sealed the game for us.

We just couldn't get it going. We're a pretty good defensive team, just not today.

You can get more negative plays just by penetrating gaps. You can also be gashed for more big runs. That's the fear we have as a defensive staff.

You limit a team to one shot on goal, that's a great defensive effort. I just think everybody is playing well back there (on defense). Everybody is playing solid.

We had a lot of mental lapses and defensive breakdowns the entire game. It's a win.

We had a little trouble scoring (in the fourth quarter), but we took the lead and had a good defensive stand at the end.

We had to try to get every defensive rebound. We wanted to limit their second-chance points. At the end of the game, we wanted to stay disciplined and not run with the lead.

Derrick Brooks

We have a good defensive team. You have a good group of guys who made the team defensively so I wasn't surprised we went out there and played well.