Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

Jim Boeheim

We had the worst defensive effort in the 30 years I've been coaching.

We had the right game plan, but our execution had flaws in it at times. (Seneca) is such a good defensive team that you can't have any flaws.

Dave Wannstedt

We signed, arguably, as good an offensive and defensive player as there was in New York.

We turned up the defensive intensity. This was our type of game, where we just go out there and play with fire and passion and give it everything we've got.

With Florida you have got to pick a poison. I thought in the second half by using man where there was more one-on-one coverage, Steven (Hill) really held his own. I thought he had a really good game on the defensive end.

We got some defensive stops those last five minutes when they were making their run that were very important.

We got out of some tough defensive situations.

Mike Donahue

We improved our fore-check and played tougher in the defensive zone, holding them to just one more goal in the next 27 minutes of play.

The second half, we started making our shots and picked up the defensive intensity.

The team played very well. They played good as a team and played great defense. Our defensive play has set the tone for our team all year.

The team played great. Everyone stepped up, everyone hit big shots, everyone made defensive plays. It was just a great, great team win.

Larry Brown

The thing that is difficult is that a lot of things that we have been working on, you don't see it getting better on the court: transition defense, defensive rebounding, dribble penetration,

Vince Young

I usually go up to our offensive and defensive lines right before the game and say, 'It starts up front with you guys.' Let's send them a message.

We had a good performance from our defensive line and our secondary played very well. We're getting better and I think that by game six or seven, we're going to be a legit small high school program, if we stay healthy. We're going to be good no matter how many games we win.

We had a good game. We tried to limit the turnovers we made and tried to play a good, sound defensive game.

We had a good defensive effort in the second half. We just need to put two halves together.

Antonio Pierce

We've got a lot of quality right now. Get us a defensive tackle and a little more depth, and we'll be fine. We just need a guy to hold two guys off of us. Just a guy who'll be unselfish.

Tommy Tuberville

We've got a lot of guys that have size, speed and quickness. I always judge our recruiting by linemen and this has been an exceptional year. We're always looking for guys at defensive line. We feel like all eight of these guys will have a chance. It will depend on them... and their work ethic.

We had tired legs (from Thursday) so we had to pick it up on the defensive end. We know how to stay aggressive.