Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Wannstedt

The run game struggled but I hope that's because our defensive line is playing better. We have a ways to go running the ball. We definitely have to get a lot better at that.

Mike Fratello

I've tried to keep practice to 40 or 45 minutes and work on one or two things. It's showing in our defensive effort. I'd just like for us to go into the playoffs executing well.

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.

When you lose a player like Brian, you lose a defensive rebounding presence. So from the standpoint of personnel, we'll have to play differently. We'll play quicker at times and sometimes Brandon (Cole) and Will (Caudle) will have to step in.

Arron Afflalo

What was tough for (Belmont) is that we generally don't let up. Our defensive pressure started to take a toll, and we fought for every bucket.

We've really got to work on our defensive game. We have to be tighter.

We were on our defensive side as much as we were on their defensive side.

We simply could not get enough defensive stops. They have a lot of offensive weapons.

Through the years we've been a pretty good defensive team when we've had our guys healthy and playing. I guess we surprised UCLA too, then. Maybe we just had a lucky weekend, I don't know.

Mitchell Davis

We try and preach defensive intensity, and we accomplished that during the big run.

We just played hard for 32 minutes. It was a great defensive effort.

We just picked up our defensive play and that gave us momentum on offense.

Rick Carlisle

We just made some terrible errors down the stretch. They got going and then we compounded it with some defensive mistakes. We'll kick ourselves -- again.

Rick Pitino

We just wanted to lock down defensively. We made great defensive plays down the stretch. Inexperienced teams find a way to lose, tonight we found a way to win.

Eddie Jordan

We just wanted to establish a defensive mind-set. We're showing each other that we're willing to do anything it takes to get better and to win.

We just had to keep pushing the ball. We improved our defensive rebounding, and that helped us get out on the break.

Byron Scott

We just had no resistance on the defensive end tonight. You can't trade baskets or think that you are going to outscore a team like the Wizards.

Mike Fratello

We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns. We had nine assists in the game, and that's not good. They really dominated the series.

Mike Fratello

We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns.

We weren't playing hard defense. We do defensive drills every day in practice. I don't know why we didn't come together as a team and stop them.

We weren't helping, weren't contesting and weren't moving our feet. Too many defensive breakdowns. We have to be able to go toe-to-toe and be tougher than the other team.

Todd Duncan

We were really focused knowing all the things Gorman had going for it tonight. We just set our minds on playing hard and it showed, especially on the defensive end.

There's no way we could have had as smooth of a transition at defensive line.

The tougher team won. Right now, the defensive part of the game is not important to our kids.

I spoke with our girls about our defensive intensity before the game. I think we surprised them with that today, but we lost that in the second half.

I've been very pleased with our defensive intensity at this point of the season. I thought we did a good job of making them work for everything.

We were pleased with our defensive effort and rebounding tonight.

Nick Saban

We lost two great players who were part of a dominating front, ... Young players are going to determine the depth and quality of the kind of defensive team we're going to have.

Trey Johnson

We missed too many free throws and we had defensive breakdowns at the wrong times.

We missed a lot of easy shots early that might have kept us in it longer. But it was their defensive pressure, they just took us out of everything we wanted to do.

We have to eliminate mental errors. We need a good defensive effort and a good strong defense.