Famous Quotes & Sayings

He was talking in the huddle, and it was contagious. We talked more on the defensive end than we have in a long time.

Chuck D.

He was reluctant, obviously, at first. ... He has made a great sacrifice. That was a team thing that Dwayne did, because Dwayne played a lot of football in the last three years as a defensive tackle.

Mike Vrabel

Are we a better 4-3 team? I think when we went to the 4-3 we gave them some problems. Those are four good defensive linemen up there. . . . It helped us.

E. O. Wilson

As defensive players, you love to get after the quarterback. It gives you an opportunity to make big plays. And when we starting doing that, some big plays started showing up.

Cassandra Wilson

Offense-wise, we were not in a scheme. We told the girls they had to play at a higher defensive level.

Pat Riley

Offense I don't think is going to be a problem for us. It's sustained defensive intensity.

Offensive rebounds just killed us in the second half. We gave up way too many rebounds on the defensive end.

Normally I play a more defensive role on our team. But my teammates did a good job of putting me in the position to score.

Daniel Morgan

A defensive war I think a righteousness war and justifiable in the sight of God.

After a tough loss Tuesday I was happy with our defensive intensity.

Drew is a huge surprise. He's got the toughest defensive position on the field and has done very well back there.

Eric is probably one of the most dominating defensive players we've ever had at Palma. He hustles all over the field all the time, and he's usually the one making the tackle. There are a lot of teams out there that are going to regret not offering Eric a scholarship.

Eric has natural instincts and we think he can be a top defensive back in the conference.

(Erskine) put up a good defensive effort. They made us work for everything we got. They are probably the hardest-working team we play. They're a good team, and we'll probably see them again.

Errors killed us today. In our first two games we didn't have that. It was a lack of focus. We had eight errors in four defensive innings.

Every time they got it within six or eight points, somebody would step up. They really made us work hard, but our defensive effort eventually got us the win.

Tommy Bowden

There's still some defensive positions open, for sure.

Ryan and Randy are very important pieces in our defensive scheme, any time you lose key starters, you have to hope that their replacements can come in and fill the void.

Rick Adelman

Ron has been terrific for us. He plays hard and he does everything you need him to do. Tonight he stepped up huge down the stretch on the offensive and defensive end when we needed him.

Sam is our defensive stopper, and fans may not see all the little things she does to help the team succeed. She hustles all the time and she knocks away or deflects so many passes that end up steals for her teammates. She's the epitome of a team player, always does her role and hits the open shot when it's there.

probably the worst defensive performance that I've been a part of.

Our shots weren't falling, but I thought our defensive effort was a lot better today. We understand that we've got to get better there, but today our offense wasn't there either.

Our defensive stops made our offense start flowing.

Our defensive scheme was aimed at protecting our linebackers and keeping Cortez's big lineman away from them.

Our defensive resolve is what got it done for us. To hold any international team to 40 points is a fantastic effort.

Our defensive pressure was a big part in the win. It kind of fueled our offense and gave us some relatively easy baskets.

Our defensive pressure in the second half was much better, with all the girls getting some playing time.

Our defensive play was key for us tonight, and it was the main reason we won.

Our defensive play really got to them. It started to give them problems.

Our defensive line really stepped it up tonight, ... They really out-sized us but we battled hard and executed our game plan.

Our defensive intensity went down rather than up. With every good team there's going to be ups and downs and whoever plays the hardest comes out the winner.

Our defensive intensity wasn't there. We slacked a little bit.

Dwyane Wade

Our defensive intensity wasn't there like it's been the last three games.