Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Pires

Maybe we should play in a more defensive manner,

A.J. Hawk

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. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high.

Oconomowoc gave us a hard time down there earlier in the year and we expected another tough game tonight. It was kind of surprising. But that's what can happen when we play with that kind of defensive intensity.

We did not have enough effort at the defensive end of the floor in the first half. We did a better job in the second half. We had to do a better job defensively. They were rotating and their kids were running hard through the screens. (Nolan) does a nice job running their sets.

We did not have any zip in our step all night and it really showed up on the defensive end of the floor.

We did not do well on the defensive end. We gave them a lot of uncontested three's. We just didn't defend.

Kenneth Bacon

There are some signs that in recent weeks Saddam Hussein has been concentrating more on defensive measures rather than offensive measures.

Ben Wallace

The only pressure I put up on myself is to go out there and rebound the basketball, make my presence felt on the defensive end, make plays.

Jeff Teague

But it was probably one of the worst defensive performances I've ever had.

Tyson Chandler

Because on the West Coast, you face a lot of firepower. We're going to need all the guys on their defensive game every night.

Marcellus Wiley

My desire is to play as a pass-rushing defensive end on third down. If the opportunity to do that doesn't exist in Dallas, I don't want to be in Dallas.

Obviously, that's saying something about our defensive play and our goaltending. Those are the things you need going into the playoffs.

Obviously that's a game I'm going to watch because I did make some defensive mistakes on him.

Pascal Dupuis

Obviously, I've got to do more. I'm a defensive player now. I don't play on the power play anymore. That's fine. If that's what they want me to do, I'll work hard at that.

Dirk Nowitzki

Obviously, it would be great if we can hold home court. That's why you have it. But it's tough, especially when you're a good defensive team like Memphis. You can win anywhere, home or road.

Nobody has really had our guards that shook up on the defensive end all year.

Antawn Jamison

Gilbert, Caron and myself have got it going offensively. We know that night in and night out that we can do it offensively, it's just that on the defensive end we have to really give the effort 100 percent and really make it tough on our opponents. Once we do that, we really put ourselves in position to win games.

Mike Babcock

Four games in five nights and playing a good defensive team on the road, we must be doing something right.

Byron Scott

Fourteen down, in this league, with 12 minutes left in the game is nothing. We relaxed. On the defensive end, they get any shot they want. And then you try to pick it back up offensively, and you're dead. We have done that three or four times already this season.

Mitch Kupchak

From a leadership point of view, a defensive point of view, and being able to offensively run what we do here, there's no reason why he can't be very successful and help us right away.

From a pitching and defensive standpoint, we played well enough to win. We just have to start taking that lump out of our throats offensively.

Tamika Catchings

From that first day to where we are now, we have grown so much, ... And we have the potential to be an even better defensive team.

I don't understand out lack of defensive pride. It is incredibly disappointing to me.

I don't think so. If you're a defensive coordinator and they want you, they're not going to give you permission to go somewhere else. ... So I'm pretty sure that means they're letting you go be a D coordinator elsewhere because they've got other plans here.

Udonis Haslem

I don't think it will take long. We understand what the game plan is every game going out. The transition more than anything will probably be defensively, because everybody played different defensive schemes, and our scheme is probably one of the toughest schemes in the NBA because we work a lot harder.

I don't think our young defensive linemen played very well, or as well as they can. That was the most disappointing part of our defense.

If Brittany's shot falls and we play smarter on the defensive end, this game was over at the half.

I did not feel we played very well inside (on the defensive line), and I was disappointed because they had played at a better level.

Ben Gordon

I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.

Rich Rodriguez

I don't ever remember having five turnovers and still winning the game. Syracuse had a good defensive plan. We were scrambling all day on offense.

Kirk Hinrich

I don't know what they shot, but we're a defensive team and should have had it on that end tonight. I really don't know how to explain it, except to say we weren't ready on that end.

Rodney Harrison

We understand that they are talented on the offensive side, that they have some good physical defensive players. It should be a physical, hard-hitting game and some points should be put up on the board. Hopefully, by us moreso than them. It should be a great kick-off to the 2005 season.

We'll take any position player who can score. We have pretty good defensive players. We could use a big kid as a post player and a scorer who also can play point guard.