Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Farrior

We definitely feel like as a defensive team, we need to stop the run and try to force them into things they don't want to do. We can't have them running and throwing the ball. We're going to have to take something away.

Mike Kelly

We definitely would like to get out and fill some lanes. Where our speed really needs to be utilized is at the defensive end of the floor.

Dominik Hasek

We definitely played a much stronger game. From the defensive point, we did a good job. They only scored two goals.

We gave them too many wide-open opportunities. I don't think we were as intense as we needed to be on the defensive end.

We gave them some different defensive looks that maybe they were anticipating.

We don't just have one defensive stopper. It's just a team effort. On offense, only three players are in on the play -- the passer, the screener and the shooter. All five have to be playing defense.

Brian Bell

We worked on that defensive scheme all week with blitzes,

The defensive problems aren't one thing, and it's no one person. It (the lapses) always seems to come during a timely possession.

We played as good a defensive half as we have all year. And that's saying a lot for us. We just took it to another level.

Dominik Hasek

We played a really strong defensive game. The 5-on-3s were the key. We killed them off and that was important for our success.

Chris Collins

We played a much different game in the second half than we did in the first. Tonight we had kids playing on the defensive line that are jayvee offensive lineman.

Chris Collins

We played a much different game in the second half than we did in the first, ... Tonight we had kids playing on the defensive line that are jayvee offensive lineman.

Ray McDonald

We played all right, but we always know we can do better. We had only two sacks from defensive linemen. I don't think that's too good. We should have had a lot more sacks. We need to get more sacks for our defense.

We played a little too defensive and didn't go after them. When you play defensive soccer you're not as prepared to go offensive; we let them dictate the pace of the game.

We played a great defensive game. We played with a lot of intensity and a lot of effort. These guys gave everything they had tonight. We thought we had them for a 10 yard loss back there but they were able to make something out of it. I think if we had gotten them stopped there it might have sealed it up.

Jamie Walker

We played a good defensive game; we just didn't shoot well.

We played a good defensive game and that set the tone.

We play defense. As you can see, we don't score a whole lot. We have to make a strong defensive effort.

We prided ourselves on defense, but the defensive effort tonight let us down. We didn't make any plays down the stretch and they made like 10 in a row.

Richard Hamilton

We pressured the ball, we got into the passing lanes and we forced everything to the baseline. We were great defensively, and that's really all we worried about. We really weren't worried about our offense. We just wanted to come out and make a statement on the defensive end.

We preached all year long what defensive rebounding does. With 3:03 remaining, we were out-rebounding them 38-21. They had six offensive boards. That's the big difference. That's a big key for us.

We play with a lot of defensive pressure every game. There are going to be times where you aren't going to be up. Unfortunately, we weren't up in the first half.

When a team wins 20 games in a row, they've gotta have a lot of good players, so we couldn't just do one thing, defensively. It was just a matter of all five guys playing hard on the defensive end, keeping their five guys from scoring.

(Richmond) likes to run and they do it well. But I thought we slowed them down just enough and then did a good job on the defensive boards.

Percentages are relative to what's going on out on the court, and if we miss an easy shot, our kids try to make up for it on the defensive end.

Ron Zook

My second game as defensive coordinator when I was at Cincinnati, ... He threw 52 (points) on us.

Ron Zook

My second game as a defensive coordinator when I was at the University of Cincinnati, we played Penn State, ... He threw 52 (points) on us.

Only one of them is a junior. It doesn't matter who you put in the backfield. You've got to have someone hammering away at those defensive linemen. They also give us time to throw the ball.

On the defensive end we had no energy. I don't know why.

Carmelo Anthony

On the defensive end, they really turned up the pressure on us.

I was so small my freshman year, I was always guarding the worst perimeter player. This year, I've improved a lot on the defensive end.

I was really proud of our intensity on the defensive end. We talked about three things: playing with intensity, playing with passion and playing with heart.

I was so proud of our defensive line. The stepped in and played well, showing a lot of maturity and composure.