Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sigi Schmid

Joel is a versatile defender who was here for our mini-camp in November. He can play centrally or on the right and is a young player with great potential.

He likes to dribble a lot, ... so I told our defenders to just stay on his back, don't let him turn. Make him play the drop ball, and they did a good job of doing that.

I did some stuff that I can really use in a game, like the way I'm posting up. I can read how the defender is playing me. Whatever I'm doing in the post, I can get an open shot. Also, on my shooting, I can use more legs, and those are small things that can help you a lot.

I know I'm going to be the primary defender on her, but our team does such a great job of never leaving me out there on my own. You're not going to shut a player like her out, she's a great player. You just want to make every shot she gets difficult.

I had another forward up with me I got a lucky first touch, got around the defender and tried to slide it past the goalkeeper,

I love to score goals after passing all the defenders as well as the keeper. This is not my speciality, but my habit.

All three of them are very solid defenders and lead by example.

It's real satisfying, especially with the way it happened. It was right over his shoulder and the defender tried to reach and he just couldn't get there. It got us six.

They've taken the mantle of being outside defenders ? they're taking one for the team.

It's just not fair to the defendants. Each public defender has too many cases.

For example, the public defender's office, we're going to spend millions of dollars on a public defender that the State of Georgia should be paying for.

There were no defenders in front of me, and I just saw the far post with the goalie to the side. I just hit one time to the side and looked for the open shot. We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time.

We're fortunate Richard has been such a good defender through the years.

Jason Kreis

As a forward, you're always hopeful that the other guys are scoring goals as well so that the defenders and defenses don't have to key in on just one player. Obviously, Jeff's a guy who can score goals in this league and he's proven it over the last eight years or so. It will give defenses another thing to worry about.

Your guys that have scored all year should be scoring in the playoffs, too. (Sioux Falls') two big defenders were doing a good job on them with hooks and holds, but they always find a way to score.

Bess made a great play. She got inside her defender and had a good finish. It takes a lot for a freshman to play. She really stepped it up.

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Mo Johnston

We are very excited to get Marvell. He has strength and pace, and those two qualities will make for a very good defender in this league.

We went through probably six defenders trying to guard Ida. She and Whitney are just great players.

Andy Gray

Listen, if you're a defender, DO BETTER!

She's that quiet force on a team. Her presence never shows up in statistics as much as we felt it on the court. I think she was one of the top defenders in the state.

Nicole (Hite) has been playing really well and Brittany Campbell's able to get around the defender and make one of those crazy, no-look passes and that helps a lot.

She's a team player. She goes for everything and puts it all out on the floor. I hate to take her off the court, but we have some strong defenders and we have to play to our strengths.

I have a public defender (Mr. Ken Barker), who is doing everything that he possibly can do. But he has problems understanding me, much as I have problems understanding the legal terms.

If I was open, I would have shot it. I was trying to draw defenders so I could kick it out, and Randal made himself open for me.

He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball.

Benjamin Watson

He threw a great ball. They were playing man-to-man, and there's not much the defender can do when he throws a perfect ball.

He's the kind of kid that could make a defender miss in a phone booth.

Gary's a good defender with a potentially great defensive disposition,

He sets people up -- he gets in there and draws defenders and sets his teammates up very well. He's a good skilled player with a high work rating.

Mike Hargrove

He's just a good player. He's a good hitter, a good defender and a good baserunner. He's a tremendous role model for all our younger players.

Jeff is very consistent, very steady and comfortable with the ball. He has size and strength to be a good defender in our league.

My name goes on the shutout, but it is a total team effort. It's all about the three defenders in front of me. We get the shutouts together, and the team gets the goals together.