Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

As of right now, I'm more worried about the defensive end. Offense comes when you play good defense, so my main goal is just not let her score as much as she usually does, not let her get her 25.

As patient as we were early, we got into a streak when we were playing like we were behind. Then you toss in a few defensive breakdowns, and all of the sudden, we have ourselves a ballgame.

That was a big-time shot. If we come up with a defensive stop, you never know what might have happened.

That's where we lost the game, on the defensive end.

That's where toughness shows, on the defensive side of things. And I think that's exactly what happened tonight. I was real pleased with the defense, and the intensity level.

Jay Johnson

That's where I think we're much improved over last year is the defensive end of the court. Last year in a lot of games we relied on outscoring the other team. We won a lot of games in the 80s and even in the 90s.

That's not an excuse because we're going to see the same type of speed and defensive pressure every night in this district.

That's going to help them out a lot, with his defensive intensity. He gives them a lift.

That one surprised me, Every defensive lineman wants to run pass routes. I think it went very well.

Every time I looked at the scoreboard even after a series of defensive stops we were always down by 10 points. Batavia just has so much depth, and they did an excellent job of keeping us at arm's length all night.

Mark Bradford

Bergh played a great defensive game, she's all over the place. Jessica makes sure everybody is in the right place.

Every defensive possession we value because that's an opportunity for them to score. At that point in the game, they were manhandling us on the defensive end and some people had to shore things up.

For about 24, 25 minutes we played real hard. They just have so many good players. That's the difference between their team and our team. They have seniors who are real athletic, real experienced. Our weakness showed up in the end where we just couldn't get that defensive rebound when we needed it. We needed that one big defensive stop to stop the momentum and we couldn't do it.

It's surprising at home that you would miss free throws the way we did, but it's part of the game. We played a better defensive game this time around than we did the first time at Winchester. We just didn't shoot as well.

It's a lot different than my freshman year. I just had to play quarterback. This year I have to know the defensive and offensive plays, all the special teams; there's not room for error. I have to know a lot. It's kind of fun getting to play a lot of positions.

Brian Smith

It's always encouraging to see defensive linemen get to the quarterback. If you rush the quarterback well, good things will happen for you.

He's the linchpin in the makeup of this team. I don't think I've had a better defensive player, with the exception of A.J. Gonzalez.

He's long, he's sturdy, he goes after everything on the defensive end. Offensively, he has a pretty good jump hook. He's a heck of a player.

Pat Riley

He's amazing. He gave us the defensive lift we really needed.

He's a hitter. He's a great defensive catcher. And he also has a great relationship with the pitchers. The pitchers trust him, and that's important to us.

He's a guy who gets off the ball. They're looking more for a 3-4 type of defensive lineman.

Dwane Casey

He's a one-man wrecking crew. We spent the whole night trying to figure out the offensive sets around where he was on the play. He's a great player. He's one of the guys you have to think about for Defensive Player of the Year.

Gardiner's defensive pressure was unmatched. It was something we hadn't seen all year.

Gerard's smiling, laughing and really into what's happening here in the defensive game plan. He feels like it's all for one and one for all, and I can see that.

Good teams might win games, but games like this you have to win on the defensive end.

Michael Carrick

I wanted a striker and not a defensive midfielder. Carrick is a good player but we already had four good defensive midfielders.

Geno Auriemma

Sometimes you get it right and you have to kind of enjoy the moment. That last five minutes, the defensive stops that we made, the things that we accomplished, that's what good teams have to do.

John Calipari

It was a great defensive effort. This game, the rest of the games, we've just got to make the game hard for the other team. We did that today.

Tim Duncan

It was a great defensive effort overall. We had a solid night defensively and that helped keep their score down. We are starting to get things worked out.

Amy Stephens

It was a great defensive effort from top to bottom.