Famous Quotes & Sayings

They're solid - they don't have any weaknesses that I can see. I think we're going to have to press the whole game and defensive rebounding (will be important).

They're really taking on their own identity of making defensive plays. And they're starting to understand the system and their roles on the team.

They're everywhere. Sometimes all four of the defensive linemen will be standing up.

I haven't seen too many guys spend their summers in a defensive stance.

Santonio Holmes

I haven't seen (Ginn) run any real routes,'' said senior defensive back Cedric Griffin.

I haven't like our defensive effort in the second half at all lately. We knew (Brown) would be fresh in the second half. We felt like they'd got right to them. They did, and he was effective.

I haven't had one day with my entire offensive or defensive line. I've yet to have my whole line together. So it'll be interesting.

I really don't know what went wrong. We had a few defensive breakdowns, especially toward the end. But I really thought our kids did a great job tonight. That was a very good team we played.

I really liked our defensive energy and effort. We competed with a sense of urgency.

Investors are likely to remain defensive for a while in regards to stocks. The second half was expected to be great in terms of earnings, but with oil prices at these levels and the hurricane, we might see a sharp drop in results for some companies.

In the second half we were totally dominant and a lot of that was to do with our defensive qualities.

In the second half, we had no energy on the defensive end. I don't know why we didn't come out and fight.

In the post they're a lot like Columbia. They just rebounded real hard (against Brookhaven) and were patient. They worked well as a team. We're mainly a defensive team. And it's more of a team thing it's a friendship thing. I think that's why our team does so well.

Jay Wright

In these Big 5 games, you come to expect the unexpected. But I never thought we would struggle the way we did offensively and give up that many easy baskets on the defensive end.

Iran has shifted its status from a defensive to an offensive position,

Herman Edwards

If you make, let's say five yards, defensive coordinators don't want to see a second-and-5. Because now you're sitting there wondering, are they going to run it? Pass it? So the first down kind of sets up what you're going to do,

Whitey Ford

In order for us to stay in the game, we had to figure out how to slow them down. The first thought was defensive transition. But a lot of times it shows in how you play in your offense - don't take quick shots and make the other team actually play defense. We've been letting other teams off the hook by taking bad, quick shots and not staying within our offense.

In every game we've won, there've been defensive runs where we've held opponents and been able to pull away.

Pau Gasol

I guess they realized that in this league, to get far in the playoffs, you have to be more physical and play better at the defensive end. I don't think they did that in the past. It doesn't matter if you do it in the regular season. You got to do it in the playoffs. That's when all the eyes are on you.

If the market goes down, you won't have a defensive posture.

I think our defensive intensity and our movement is much better (than earlier in the tournament).

I'm back into my defensive mode. I'm trying to stop guys, especially this time of year. We've got a lot of guys that are scoring now. Somebody has to be a leader defensively, and I'm just trying to take that role.

If you can't hide in drugs, where can you hide? ... Drug stocks have been dependable, a good defensive play, a good place to hide, and now this.

If you don't understand defensive fronts, then you don't know who to pick up,

If you're going to play the top team, you might as well play them in the first round. We've got to limit their transition game ? and turn it into a half-court game ? and try not to let their defensive pressure get to us.

If you've got a defensive line-out and a goal kicker to the standard they have, you've got the makings of a very good side.

Jim Calhoun

Hilton we lost for about two weeks. He got to the Big East tournament, was the defensive player of the year and he had a little letdown. I don't know what it was. He's such an emotional kid. But we've got him back and thank God we got him back tonight.

He's so quick that he can put a move on someone, and you can't even see what he did. I think he is the top defensive player in the state.

He's stronger than most guards. He's quicker. Guys like him are special to play next to. They make a defensive end's life easier.

He's just a really good athlete. We had holes we needed to fill on the defensive line and we felt like he could do the job for us and he did.

Randy Carlyle

He's our guy. He plays major minutes, he's our captain. He plays on all situations on the defensive side and the offensive side of the puck. He makes it look so easy night in and night out. He's very efficient in how he goes about his business.

He's one of the top defensive players in the state I think. He's also a very good outside shooter, so he can help in that regard as well.

I don't know if we got (our) heads down because our shots weren't falling or what. Seems like that lack of effort transferred over to the defensive end as well. The first half was just awful.