Famous Quotes & Sayings

Flip Saunders

The positive was we defended down the stretch. That's what we're going to have to do when playoff time comes.

With this deal, Julius Baer has defended itself from being taken over. It shows the desire of Julius Baer to remain independent.

Steve Alford

It seems like we didn't get any stops. I felt like we really defended well until the 8-minute mark. After the 8-minute mark, they scored at a really high rate from possession to possession.

They made plays, they made shots, they defended well when they had to.

They outplayed us. They were better. They defended hard and played more aggressive. They wanted it more.

Jan Hus

For God is my witness that I neither preached, affirmed, nor defended them, though they say that I did.

Larry Brown

They executed great, they defended great. They did everything tonight. I guess that allows them to win 32 games.

There were opportunities but they defended well and their goalkeeper pulled off a series of great saves.

We played well as group; defensively, to hold them to three points when it mattered - and they have some weapons in that spread offense - thought we defended it real well.

We played 60 minutes. We defended with energy and we played with urgency.

We knew they liked to penetrate and dish off to the open shooter so we focused on stopping that. We defended them very well in the first half.

Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

Mo Johnston

As a team, we defended very well. Obviously the fans would have liked maybe three or four goals but tonight it just wasn't the case.

Our defense the second half was awesome. We defended and limited their shots. Our offensive execution wasn't good, especially free throws. You're pretty lucky to win when you shoot that poorly.

determined to do the right thing, but in a pragmatic way. We defended human rights.

The one thing I was proud of in this regional was we really defended well.

This game is always a big one. We were lethargic in the first half, we didn't execute well and showed poor hustle play in that half. But we played better in the second half. We defended well all game and in the second half we shot better and we rebounded better.

Billy Donovan

That's generally a recipe for disaster, but because we defended the 3-point line that gave us an opportunity.

Ernst Toller

Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty.

Todd Martin

We defended for 16 minutes as well as we can defend. We didn't do a whole lot of trapping. It was just solid, half-court, man-to-man defense. The kids did a great job.

We had a very difficult time there toward the end of the game getting the right stops. I thought we played good enough defense for the most part, but you have to give Duke a lot of credit. When the game's on the line, they made some real tough shots that were very well defended and that's what great players will do.

We're playing hard; we're scratching, we're fighting and I thought we defended really, really solid. Offensively we're really, really struggling right now.

We're playing hard. I thought we rebounded and defended hard. But offensively, we're really struggling.

We held Diggs to 16 points, so we did a good job on him, but that Dykstra has one of the prettiest shots I have ever seen. I felt like we defended him pretty well, but he scored 29 points, so I guess I can't say we held him down.

Espinosa made a great play at the end. Lindsey Daniels defended everything the right way.

Phill Kline

We have defended the constitutionality of the law successfully.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

We have defended and consolidated democracy, ... It's your victory, the victory of the entire people.

Diaz and Hite were too much for us. When the game was on the line, I think they made a few more plays than we did. You have to give Diaz and Hite credit. They were defended about as well as you could defend them.

Bill Self

We didn't play as well as the score indicated in the first half. We made shots - we were 7 of 10 from 3-point range - and turned it over eight times. We didn't play great, but we defended and we rebounded.

Mike Donahue

Fergus pulled their goalie and we defended it very well.

We just stopped competing. They made a run; they defended us real good.

We have to do a better job defending. We haven't defended for three games. We haven't been tough enough lately. But we have to give them (Buckeyes credit).

We had the bounce. We just didn't have the effort. We defended poorly. Games like this we get on a run and get going. We didn't have the effort.