Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Coker

I would have liked to have seen them play better, to be honest. The first-team defensive line won that battle, and they've done that their share of the time.

Chad Johnson

I was pleased with our defensive effort. That was a good team we held to 29 points. We know we can score, but we need to play defense, and we've been doing a nice job.

I was pleased with how the guys executed in the first and third quarters especially. We showed a lot of intensity, especially on the defensive end, and that was the difference for us tonight.

If we play with the effort we showed in the second half in the first half, at least on the defensive end, I think it could've been a little different story.

We learned a painful lesson here today. If you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can get you. They only had eight steals but all eight of them led to shots we couldn't defend.

We learned a lot about pressure, pressure that other teams were putting on us and how we've got to play with defensive pressure. Everything is faster. It kind of shows you the extremes that are out there. When you play a good team like Bridgewater, you're not going to be shell-shocked.

We have completely stepped up our defensive level. We're much better than what we were earlier in the season. It's kind of what I've been preaching all year long. We're starting to mesh and play together a lot more than we were early in the season.

The one thing we didn't do well was get defensive rebounds. They just had too many second and third shots.

We see ourselves as a good defensive team. We were getting after them for a while. We couldn't get any shots to fall or we would've expanded it even more. Defensively, we feel we can guard people.

We seemed to be missing a step all night. We didn't have the defensive intensity we needed (tonight).

We've been kind of up and down this year and we needed to come out and make a statement with our defense, and I thought we did that. (We) just didn't give them anything easy. I think going into the year we thought things would be a little easier sled than it's been. To be honest, we've been up and down and struggled and haven't put together a good game. I thought today we put together four good defensive quarters. This was a start for us.

We need to have a good defensive effort. I am hoping that we can keep it a real competitive game and play well defensively.

We need to focus on the things we can control. We know we're going to miss shots, but we have to rebound and we have to get defensive stops, and we just didn't do that tonight.

The defensive line was just flying, though they're making all the plays,

(The defensive line) was a strength for us going into the season, now it's a real question mark. Guys (like Padilla) are going to have to step up and play.

The defensive line and the linebackers are looking real good right now.

The defensive kids, they were smacking; they were just hitting. They all played with a lot of heart. They gave us great field position, and we couldn't do anything with it.

The defensive end wasn't very good and our offensive execution wasn't very good. This is the first time that we've had a team shoot more free throws than we have for a long time. That's terrible, when you give up 31 (free-throw attempts).

We were flying around on the defensive end, which gets us out in transition, where we excel.

Ed McClanahan

We were down two (points) late in the game and we were right in it, but we just couldn't get over the hump and we couldn't seem to get any defensive stops in the fourth quarter.

Donte Whitner

We wanted to get after Tate and take him out of the game. The key was our defensive line. They put pressure on Tate and we stopped the run.

Chris Quinn

We wanted to focus on the defensive end of the floor. When you hold a team to 49 points, that's always pretty good. The thing we really talked about at halftime was even though we were up 12, in past games, the 12 went to 10 and 8, and we let those teams hang around. We wanted to push that 12-point lead to 15 and 18, and concentrate on attacking.

We had some really positive things. The offensive line did very well. The defensive line, when we were lined up correctly, played extremely well.

Finishing 3-1 on our part was really good. I think we are definitely passing much better. Our offense is definitely working, and we are learning a new defensive system and still working the kinks out. It's our goal to make it to the playoffs and these things are stepping stones to do that.

Sam Adams

First and foremost, as a defensive tackle, I'm here to stop the run. You have to earn your right to rush the passer.

First and foremost, the reason we won this game was a team defensive effort.

Jesse Jackson

The governor does not stand to gain from this matter being delayed. I've met with governors who are hostile and defensive and demagogic. He was none of that.

When you look at this group, you have to play well to have success. We played Noblesville in our (preseason) scrimmage, so we know it is a good team. We'll prepare for them like we do every team with offensive keys and defensive keys.

When you don't shoot well, it magnifies any defensive flaw.

Mehmet Okur

We were taking outside shots, but we couldn't make them and it was tough getting offensive rebounds. They're really rolling right now. They're a better defensive team and they play unselfish basketball.

We've got to come out with a better defensive attitude. Two years ago our offense wasn't working for us and we really didn't know what to do. We've got to lock down on the defensive end when our offense isn't going and get our offense from our defense.

Derek Roy

We've got the line combinations down pat. We've got great goaltending and good defensive pairings. Hopefully we can finish off the season strong.

Pat Summitt

We've just been a very poor defensive team in a lot of games.