Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindsey Hunter

As the season winds down, we have to establish that as our identity, because, going into the playoffs, that's the way games are going to be played. It's a defensive struggle every game, and every possession means a lot. We have to get back into the habit of stopping guys every night.

At the time we didn't put another linebacker in. We took one of the defensive linemen off the line, stood him up and went into the three-man front that way. We did it in obvious passing situations, long-yardage situations or at the end of the game when we were protecting a lead.

Dan McCarney

Dobbins can be much better than last year. At this time last year, we didn't know where Dobbins would play - whether it would be as a starter or a backup. We didn't desert him; we worked with him, and he ended up being defensive newcomer of year.

Dick's a whale of a guy. He's a great coach, a great defensive coach, and he's a better guy than he is a coach.

Devon really picked it up on the offensive end for us. It was a great defensive effort, holding a good team like that to 40 points.

Cornell is a very disciplined and strong defensive team. They're a team and a program that knows how to win.

We should have scored many more goals. If you can't score, you can't win. I was also disappointed with the defensive work of my side. We need to be better in the next matches.

Jason Terry

We're disappointed in our defensive effort. We gave up 50-some percent (53.2) shooting. I guess that's first-game jitters.

Ron Zook

Vince has done everything I thought he would do in learning our package. He's spent time with the defensive line and linebackers, and I help a lot in the secondary. We've made great improvement on defense, which we should.

Pete Wilson

Washington picked up their defensive intensity in the fourth quarter. They forced us into some turnovers and we missed a few free throws and that helped them get back into the game.

We did a good job contesting all their shots. And we did a good job reading their tendencies. When they scored, we had defensive mistakes.

We didn't play as well as we have in the last few games. We didn't get a very good defensive effort tonight.

We had some defensive mix-ups, and they scored goals on us. We played a much better game than the last time we played them.

We had some defensive breakdowns. We had some guys that were loose in front of the net, and you can't have that.

We had some defensive breakdowns. Our point guard didn't get back defensively after we missed a shot a few times. I don't have an explanation for that. We're young right now and we make mistakes.

We had pitching and defensive breakdowns, but I?m proud of the way we battled back.

We went over our defensive schemes from last game and we'll try to take away some things.

We wanted a defensive focus and wanted to get back and stop the ball. They like to penetrate into the lane, and I was just trying to get something going on defense.

We limited SIUE to just one shot on the defensive end for the most part, and I thought we did a very good job of keeping them off the boards. I told our players we needed to keep SIUE from getting offensive rebounds, and we did that.

We like to think of ourselves as a pretty good defensive team. But there was a premium put on a every possession in a game like this and we had too many ineffective possessions when each one means so much.

Brittany (Strohmeyer) hit some big free throws for us in overtime, and she made a big play on the defensive end as well. We played with a sense of urgency in the second half that we lacked in the first, and Heather (Harper) was really solid for us in the second half.

We're going to try to speed the game up, limit their defensive substitutions.

We're trying to get him more involved in the offense and get him moving better. He's so much better on the move than he is just sitting down there in the post. We also worked hard on some defensive assignments and playing help defense.

Variety is what the 3-4 can give you. You can play the 3-4 without having superstars, so to speak, in the defensive line.

Paul Pierce

We feel like we're real close, it's just the little things. Our problem is a sense of urgency in the last three or four minutes of the game. We've got to get loose balls, get defensive rebounds, get quality shots and that's what we've got to learn to do as a team.

You either give energy to the team or take it away. A guy can hit a home run and give energy to the team. But a good defensive play can give just as much energy.

Tom Allen

We got a lot of guys in the mix at defensive tackle right now so we're not even 100 percent sure who the starters are going to be.

We just don't have enough personnel. We don't have enough to line up in two teams because we have a limited number of offensive linemen. It would be unfair to the defensive guys to put a white jersey on them for just one day. Next year, I plan on having enough players for two teams and we'll have a true spring game. But this year we just don't have enough players.

Arron Afflalo

We knew if we played at that pace, we weren't going to win. We're a pretty dominant defensive team right now.

We knew how tough they were at home, we knew how good of a team they were. We knew we were going to have to respond. It seemed like every time we needed to make a play or make a shot or get a defensive stop, we were able to do it.

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

To hold them to only 13 points in the second half is impressive. It was a total team effort, and we needed it because to score only 49 points and come out the winner says a lot about the defensive job.

Willie Bloomquist

To have those two guys out there is a defensive player's dream.