Famous Quotes & Sayings

There won't be anything complicated about what we do. We're going to keep it simple and just try to execute on offense and defense. At the same time, we're going to play some people at running back, receiver and on the defensive line to see what they can do.

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.

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,