Famous Quotes & Sayings

I try to pride myself on defense. Anything to give the team intensity on the defensive end.

It was a defensive catastrophe on our part. We didn't tackle all night.

It took us a while to find our defensive rhythm, but they stepped up in the second half.

It will be important for us to have our heads on a swivel and focus on our jobs in the defensive zone.

Frank Robinson

It was good to see him have a good offensive day and a good defensive day. That has to really make him feel good and get him up on his toes a little bit.

It was just a struggle. Our problems on offense transferred to the defensive end and our guys got pretty frustrated.

They did not kick a field goal. We spent a lot of time in the red zone. Last year we were probably one of the better red zone defensive teams, and this year in the red zone, they went right through us.

They were a very good defensive team. We played a great third quarter but we couldn't finish it off.

Tom Armstrong

They were a good defensive team. They had a lot of athletes. You could see that.

Bill Belichick

They've taken their other defensive ends and put them to outside linebacker. You're really looking at what amounts to a 6-1 (six defensive linemen and one middle linebacker).

They were trying to give them some offensive points. Our defensive is always going to stop them three-and-out, and if the fans look up at the scoreboard they can't see that the offense didn't put up any points?

They hit some shots and we had some defensive lapses.

They kept responding to our buckets. We just had to keep playing (hard). We got some defensive stops (late in the game).

They just went immediately into defensive mode. It could easily have jumped to numerous other buildings.

They just owned us with their defense. They smothered us with their defensive pressure.

Byron Scott

It was just a lack of defensive mentality tonight. We didn't do a good job keep guys in front of us.

Jim Dowd

It was just one of those things. You just keep going. This is a pressure-type team. They want to go without giving up on the defensive side.

It was a frustrating night. They play a defensive system, especially when they get the lead. You could see it. Guys were squeezing the sticks a little bit, and we couldn't get another one past their goalie.

Mark Richt

It was just a great field position game, a great defensive battle. We had to stay patient, as much as we hated it, and let our special teams do their job -- then knock it in when we needed to.

Gary Patterson

It was just a game with a lot of plays and a lot of football action. I think most people enjoyed it. I even did, and I'm a defensive guy.

They've had trouble scoring and they've got some injury situations. I expect it to be a defensive game. I think we'll see some fallback and some neutral zone trapping.

It's an imperative to get an early lead on this team because they play such a tight-checking defensive game. It's nice to score the way we did and to take them out of their game plan. We haven't seen the end of them, I know we haven't. I know they're going to come out and play a lot harder (Saturday) so we have to be prepared for them.

A.J. Hawk

It's a position where a lot of times they say they don't want to draft people too high because they think 'How much impact can a linebacker have?' I guess it's understandable. Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. But all I want's a chance, regardless of where I'm taken.

It's going to take a big defensive effort. We're going to spend a week preparing, and if we work all week I think we should be very ready come Friday.

Norv Turner

It's going to be important, no question about it,'' Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson said of the pass rush.

It's frustrating to come out and not play very well and then have a not real smart defensive play and let the other team get an easy one.

It's hard to shoot 67 percent when you're in the gym by yourself. So that tells me we didn't play well on defense. We didn't show any defensive intensity.

Scott Skiles

It's been a good impression; he's a very good offensive player. He's got a lot to learn on the defensive end, as all rookies do. I'm not sure, yet, what his future holds here. But he's definitely on the verge of being an NBA player.

Fontainebleau is a tough defensive team, and they played hard throughout.

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.