Famous Quotes & Sayings

That's always been the nature of the teams in the league. They've earned it, every one of those teams have earned any rankings they might have, because those are three very good defensive football teams.

The kids really deserve this. We've just got to step it up on the defensive end.

The kids played really well defensively the entire game. I'm proud of their defensive effort. Offensively, we stumbled a little in the third.

Their sophomore year, I put the guys down as defensive linemen to make them tough. I did the same thing with Pepper Johnson and Kevin Brooks.

Their earnings are more defensive than much of the discretionary retail sector and they manage it better. It's helping them in this period and will keep helping them in the future.

Their defensive pressure really started taking over and it took us out of our game from the second quarter on. They were in our face from baseline to baseline and we had a hard time getting any flow.

Their defensive pressure on the perimeter just took us out of anything we could on the offensive end. They got off to a great start and we never answered.

Their defensive package is nuts. They come from everywhere. I'll have a handful of players to block. It could be a two or three different d-linemen, it could be two or three different linebackers so I'd say five or six different guys I could be blocking.

Their defensive intensity was there and forced us out of our offense. We played on our heels and weren't strong with the ball.

Shane Smith

Their defensive front is impressive. We just need to execute and find our rhythm.

Terry Porter

The thing I really like about her is her presence on the offensive and defensive boards.

Kay Yow

Not to pick this game up tonight means we really have got to come through somewhere and win a game or two that nobody expects us to win. It just seemed that in the second half our defensive intensity wasn't there until the last four or five minutes.

Not just from an offensive standpoint, but from a defensive standpoint, we got tremendous contributions from several players.

After the Holmes game, we kind of went back to the drawing board. We really reiterated our defensive philosophy about stopping people from getting to the basket.

Any time you come to this place and win it's a major thing. It's a 10-hour trip, you (move through) time zones to get here. So to be able to play with the defensive intensity we did was good for our kids.

Marlin Jackson

Any time you have guys out there flying around, hitting guys and getting to the ball, that intimidates the other team and gives us energy on the defensive side of the ball.

Any time you play Southern Huntingdon its going to be a physical, defensive game. I have all the respect for Southern Huntingdon and their program. Winning here is a big win for us heading into the playoffs.

Ted White

I'm never satisfied with a loss. But I'm proud of how they played. We had to come up with great defensive plays.

Brian Dawkins

I mean, he can get up out of a defensive end's stance quick and get pressure off the wing and that's what we expect out of him, ... I'm telling you, he's very explosive off the ball.

I know what I did not like, and what formations gave me problems. We are a defensive team first, (but) we have some great receivers, and my quarterback, (Elliott), I praise him.

I know people don't like to talk about defense, but this was a defensive day weather-wise, as well as on the field for us.

I knew we only needed a field goal to tie it and put it into overtime, but I thought it was a great time to take a shot. More often than not, from the defensive perspective, the offense gets that ball.

Jerry Jones

I like Drew Bledsoe as my quarterback, and I think we need to go for a big defensive tackle here. ... Tuna, thanks for your input. Donovan, I'll be sending my plane momentarily.

Jim Boeheim

I'm disappointed at this stage of the year that we're not a better defensive team, and that's why we're in the position we're in.

I'm really proud of our kids and their defensive effort. We held them to seven in the fourth quarter and we had about five defensive stops in a row in the fourth that turned the game for us.

I'm real happy from a defensive standpoint in the way that we played. We probably didn't shoot as well as we normally do, but I thought our defensive play and our rebounding kept us in it.

I like a fast tempo in practice but we have to slow some things down. We're teaching the players when to go hard and when you can back off. We're lean everywhere. We have just seven offensive linemen and the defensive line has had injuries. Running back and linebacker have the most depth and that isn't a ton right now.

Ben Howland

I laugh at some of these commentators who say they are not a good defensive team. They hold opponents to 43 percent from the field.

I hope we don't need him at defensive tackle.

Garrett Temple

I'm a defensive stopper. That's what I live for.

Steve McNair

I'm very comfortable with that regardless of who's out there. If they can get to know the game plan, get to know their defensive scheme, they can predict what they're going to do, so I feel comfortable with that.

Not having to extend so much energy guarding (Carter) tonight gave us a little more energy to use on the offensive end. You have to set your defensive presence toward him.

It was a great team defensive effort the whole way through.