Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kay Yow

Not to pick this game up tonight means we really have got to come through somewhere and win a game or two that nobody expects us to win. It just seemed that in the second half our defensive intensity wasn't there until the last four or five minutes.

Not just from an offensive standpoint, but from a defensive standpoint, we got tremendous contributions from several players.

After the Holmes game, we kind of went back to the drawing board. We really reiterated our defensive philosophy about stopping people from getting to the basket.

Any time you come to this place and win it's a major thing. It's a 10-hour trip, you (move through) time zones to get here. So to be able to play with the defensive intensity we did was good for our kids.

Troy Polamalu

I truly am humbled to have a great defensive coordinator, ... It's him who puts me in position to make plays.

It's a hurtful loss, but that's part of playing football. Any time you lose a defensive lineman, that hurts you.

I told the defensive linemen they can single-handedly win the game for us. I'm relying on our defensive linemen to keep him in the pocket so we can play normal football.

I told the kids, what did we do good tonight? We made so many mistakes. This was the first time I've been disappointed in our defensive effort.

I told the team in the locker room that until we develop a defensive pride, nothing is going to change.

I told them we've got to have a defensive mindset. We're not good in high-scoring games. I thought we did some really good things in this game but we just didn't play well in the last four minutes.

I told them to just be patient and keep doing what we do and not to get out of our element. Nazareth played a great defensive game all day, so I told them to be patient. We just needed to be sure that we got a good look.

Cadillac Williams

It's very complicated, especially when you have some of these defensive gurus who come with all kinds of blitzes and stunts. It's very confusing. You really have to be on your technique and know what you're doing.

Jim Boeheim

I'm disappointed at this stage of the year that we're not a better defensive team, and that's why we're in the position we're in.

I'm really proud of our kids and their defensive effort. We held them to seven in the fourth quarter and we had about five defensive stops in a row in the fourth that turned the game for us.

I'm real happy from a defensive standpoint in the way that we played. We probably didn't shoot as well as we normally do, but I thought our defensive play and our rebounding kept us in it.

I like a fast tempo in practice but we have to slow some things down. We're teaching the players when to go hard and when you can back off. We're lean everywhere. We have just seven offensive linemen and the defensive line has had injuries. Running back and linebacker have the most depth and that isn't a ton right now.

Ben Howland

I laugh at some of these commentators who say they are not a good defensive team. They hold opponents to 43 percent from the field.

I hope we don't need him at defensive tackle.

Garrett Temple

I'm a defensive stopper. That's what I live for.

Steve McNair

I'm very comfortable with that regardless of who's out there. If they can get to know the game plan, get to know their defensive scheme, they can predict what they're going to do, so I feel comfortable with that.

Brian Dawkins

That's something special, to have the type of quarterback that Donovan is and to have the type or receiver that Terrell is. For those guys to keep hooking up game after game, and to go into every game knowing that is potentially a touchdown waiting to happen at any given point, as a defensive player you love that. I'm definitely excited for those guys and the way they've been able to click.

That's a big part of our offense, but it doesn't define us. We're going to look to get it done on the defensive end because that's where it starts.

Doc Rivers

It's still close, ... I think Delonte does more on the defensive end, and you want a defensive presence starting a game.

A.J. Hawk

It's special. As a defensive guy, you don't get to score touchdowns very often. It's a great way to go out. It gives us great momentum going into next week.

Everyone knows him as a terrific scorer, and he is, but he's made a great effort getting everyone else involved. And he's really picked up his game on the defensive end.

The big kid killed us early. Our defensive effort the first half was just terrible.

The big key for us, especially early, was to establish some easy baskets to get into our defensive pressure.

Terry Stotts

It seemed like when they wanted to turn up their defensive pressure they did.

It was a big win for us. It was a great defensive battle. Jake pitched a good game and we got enough timely hits.

It was another good defensive effort and I thought we played pretty well as a team. We made some switches defensively and didn't let them shoot the 3-pointer as much as they like to do.

It was an incredible defensive effort by Josh Payne.

It was nice to see to Mitch do that. Their defensive game plan just didn't work because of what Mitch did.

It was kind of like a microcosm of our season. I thought we played hard, I thought we competed hard on the defensive end. We just couldn't make a play when we needed to.