Famous Quotes & Sayings

The way King played us defensively, it was obvious how they felt about Adam. I don't think you focus a defense like that unless a guy is a big-time stud.

Adrian Beltre

The way I'm hitting, I'd better make those plays. This year, I'm getting paid for my defense. I work hard at it, I take pride in it. In games like this, small plays make a difference.

This is special and this is a special group of guys. We play defense. That's what we do. We didn't let them walk over us.

Mike Scioscia

This is out of the blue. Everything you could have messed up, we messed up out there. These guys have played terrific defense all year, so it's very uncharacteristic.

This game will be a lot tougher. If we just play the defense like we played the last time, maybe a little harder, we should be OK.

That's when I really took a picture of the defense and everything started slowing down. I just saw everything so perfectly on that play. I really started to get a good feel for it.

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.

Rodney Carney

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

That's what we start with from day one. The kids play with a high energy level, and that allows us to do a lot of different things on defense. Our defense is our staple.

Chauncey Billups

That's what we're about. Our offense is good, and we got a lot of great offensive players. But our defense - that's what we're known for. That's what we do.

That's what the defense is here for. Come put out fires and help the offense as much as we can.

That's why we've got him here, to step up in big games on the defensive end. He plays good help-side defense and does well jumping into the passing lanes. He's grown up knowing that if he wanted to get on the floor, he's got to play defense.

That's why you play the games. There's always things that you've got to get lined up for. I'm sure they're working on their running game, and we've got to make improvement on our defense ... or all of a sudden a team like that could rush for 250, 300 yards.

Ron Rivera

That's not a particular problem because in our defense a lot of the linebackers are interchangeable. The outside guys can play either spot.

That's nice. We were ready defensively, and we've done that all year. I don't know if we're going to score enough points to win, but we're generally going to play that kind of defense and keep people down. The kids are well-seasoned and they run our plays pretty well. Our problem has been finishing.

That's just the heart of this team. They know defense and take pride in their defense.

That's just a good football team there. Our defense missed some tackles and kept giving up the big play and they are a big-play team.

That's impressive. Thank goodness we were playing defense and getting rebounds. That kept us in the game.

That's his thing. Everybody's going to make a mistake here or there, but when you do, come back and give the defense a big play.

That's kind of what we do. We're not awesome. But we're a good, sound team. We pitch well enough, play defense well and get the key hit.

All around we did well, but today our defense was good. When we're playing good defense we're a tough team to beat.

Kelvin Sampson

You would think we'd never, ever, ever scouted an opponent or worked on defense or any of those things. We tried to man them. We tried to zone them. We couldn't get them to miss.

You wouldn't think so. I would have said we better be playing pretty good defense if we're only going to score four baskets in the second half.

Brian Dawkins

You want the opposing offense to look at your defense and see everybody going to the ball. I thought we did a pretty good job of that today. We had guys making plays, and that's what you want from your defense.

You should be talking to Carly Hamilton and (sweeper) Carly Kimball, because our defense won this game. Nothing gets by them.

Brad Childress

You see it with all the guys that are in their first time with this offense. You can't be thinking a lot. You want to just be reacting, heading down your path and seeing what the defense is giving you, as opposed to thinking about what steps you have to take and what your landmark is and how you're involved in the protection.

You score 34 points, you expect to win the game. Our defense really let us down.

Your Honor, you can lawfully come to the defense of others, even if you are mistaken.

You're going to see a secondary play like it's never played before. I'm watching film in my sleep. Speed? We have speed everywhere. I feel like it's going to be a low-scoring game because defense wins championships.

You're going to lose games, but it's how you respond. I thought the kids did an excellent job. Our defense was the key to us getting some easy baskets early.

Jamaal Magloire

You never know until the time runs off the clock. We played good defense as if there was another possession left in the game, he was just fortunate enough to make the shot.

You play hard defense for 35 seconds and they knock the shots down ... it's frustrating.

We're 4-0 and tickled to be there. We've been getting it done with our defense. We haven't been hitting like we'd like to, but our pitching and fielding have been good. When our hitting comes around, we're going to be tough to be beat. We've been winning on our defense so far.