Famous Quotes & Sayings

Casey Stoner

I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defence. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose so, but everyone starts at zero again.

Mark Johnson

I was disappointed about the way we wrestled today. We had five guys in the finals and didn't get it done. We seemed to be satisfied with qualifying for nationals and not defending our title.

I thought we did a good job defensively, especially defending the 3-point arc.

I thought they did a nice job defending us, but we weren't hitting our shots. When you miss shots and they respond with baskets on the other end, the lead evaporates quickly.

I think we're all a little shocked right now the way that game just ended. It's a great feeling to be up 3-1 on the defending National League champions, but we've still got a long way to go.

I think we need to do a better job of defending all their screens they set to get those two open.

I think we hit a wall. I thought we were defending pretty well in the first half, and I just think there was nothing left.

Steve Alford

I think we are a better defending team. I still think we have a long way to go and we have done a lot of improvement in that area. That is exciting because I think we have done a pretty good job through 17 games. All-in-all it has been a great team effort in the defensive end.

Mark Gottfried

I think teams have done a good job of defending him a little better. And he's not Superman. He's human. He's going to struggle from time to time. That's just part of it. He'll be fine.

Lindsay Davenport

I am looking forward to getting healthy and defending my year-end number one ranking at the WTA Tour Championships,

Cedarville is the defending champ, and they've only lost one girl from that team. Danville is better than they were last year. Lavaca's a good young team.

We may have been a little nervous. Playing the defending state champs may have had something to do with it, and we had never been here before. We got off to a slow, sluggish start and never could get going, but they had a lot to do with that.

Kevin did a good job. We also did well inside. We got good games from Cory Jordan and Jared King not necessarily scoring but defending inside so that we could spread out on the shooters.

That was one of my goals this week, come in and not give up any points. There's going to be extra pressure (being a defending champion) but I'll be taking it like I have on the other matches. I have to step it up next week.

That was part of it, but we gave a great defensive effort, as well. We only gave up 19 points in the second half. So I thought we did a better job defending and rebounding.

Chris Coleman

I was bitterly disappointed with the defending for the second goal. You can't defend like that - home or away - and expect to get a result.

Steve Collins

We are the defending champions. It's yours until you lose it. Make them come and take it.

We played them to shoot 27 percent by completely defending the paint. Once they started raining 3's, it put our game plan right in the garbage.

We had good weak-side help. Antonio did a good job of defending him. That's where it is really valuable having a player like Antonio. Nobody can shut down Taylor - we can limit him. We'll be successful like we were tonight.

We're not defending like we usually do. It's putting us in a position where we all have to score the ball, because we're not getting stops. We're not defending at all. That's been our motto. That's our identity. We defend, and we get stops.

Rodney Harrison

We're not defending anything, because we don't have anything. (This) is a new season, just like 2005 is a new season for the Raiders.

We're not defending and offensively we don't play together. Those are the two things that define us at this point.

One of the things about defending Drake is you have to defend them as a team.

Tony Snow

No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives.

Mike Williamson

Mike has really developed into a guy where if you need a goal, you have him in on the ice and the same when you are defending the lead. He plays in all situations and provides leadership in the dressing room. He logs a ton of ice time.

Michelle Ryan

Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.

No fabricated resume can equal Mark Green's lifelong record of defending New Yorkers and working as the people's lawyer.

People would say the pressure is on us, but I really feel like they're the defending champs right now. 'We're just going to go out there to have fun and play basketball.

Kim Yuna

Many people talk about winning two straight gold medals, but I'm not focusing on defending the title.

Chris Mooney

We had a very hard time defending La Salle. We emphasize our offense so much, maybe we're not spending enough time on defense. We want to get back to being one of the better defensive teams and shut people down.

Timothy Noah

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.

We were defending a lot better as a team, rebounding better as a team and the tempo was in our favor.

If we're healthy and have everyone back, it's going to be a good match. Golden Valley is the defending champ, and they have everyone back, but they're beatable.