Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was probably part defense and probably partly them missing shots they can make.

We have an excellent defense. All of the goals that have been scored on us have been on free kicks and penalty kicks so nothing from the run of play. Defense is definitely what we pride ourselves on.

Chris Kirkpatrick

We have a mix of new and veteran kids on our defensive unit, and they held them to one score and 198 total yards, including only 68 passing. That was most satisfying. It's much easier to win games with defense than by trying to outscore somebody.

We have a lot of young players, and they had some first-time jitters in CIF. I told them to start stepping up their defense in the second quarter, and they did. They need to remember that defense wins games.

We need to keep playing as a team, and keep working on our defense and not make stupid fouls.

We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to play every play, and we didn't do that today.

Matt Hasselbeck

We could have lost this game. They've got some great leadership on this team. To come in here like that and play like this, the defense was just awesome.

We could have held them a little tighter, which is what we've done in the past. We've got to score eight or nine, and our defense has got to do the job of holding them to seven or eight.

We just didn't take enough shots tonight. They played a good defense and shot very well.

We just didn't string anything together. I was very pleased with our defense and our execution, we just couldn't get hits when we needed them.

We just didn't play well at all offensively tonight. Our defense played well enough to win, but our offense just didn't execute.

Stephen Jackson

We just didn't play the proper defense on him. I wish I was guarding him. I probably would have made it a little tougher.

We just didn't play defense consistently. We started shooting well when we got some stops. They were making their shots, and we weren't stopping them. We had some problems getting back on defense.

Jason Terry

We just didn't knock down our shots tonight. I don't know if it was their defense or our lack of offense, but we had a lot of good looks.

James Bailey

We played pretty good defense in the first half, then in the second half, we got out of our game plan.

We played our worst defense at the worst possible time.

We played our butts off. Our goal on defense was to make them earn it. They were fortunate enough to get more points than we had.

We had our chances. We're not getting the key hits. Overall, for four games, our defense was pretty steady. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that we are real young and are going to take our lumps. Hopefully next year we can win these (close) games.

David Hawkins

We had our chances, especially in the second inning, but we couldn't get a hit when we needed it. Every game has been that way so far. The middle of the order is really struggling. Once they get going we're going to win some games because we're playing better defense than we did last year and we've gotten good pitching overall.

Jim Haslett

We had opportunities and we didn't make them. The defense played well enough to win all day except at the end.

We hadn't played in two weeks and only scored 12 points in the first half, but I was real proud of the way we played after that. They started out on fire. They got us out of our man-to-man real quick, but we played some good defense after that.

We had not practiced well until this week and that has me more optimistic. The kids understand the offense and defense and our long-term goals. They realize it is more of a journey than a short trip. We may get beat, but we can still move forward from there. If we win we have a better shot at the conference, but either way we can move on.

Darnell Dockett

We have the tools to be the No.1-ranked defense in the league.

We have the opportunity to be an outstanding defense because we're going to be challenged.

We were hard at work on the defense of her case.

Luol Deng

We were struggling in the first quarter then our defense picked it up. In the second quarter we started running and getting baskets in transition.

We were sort of inept (in the second half) and their defense had something to do with it. That was the game.

We were soft on defense to start the game. The last 10 minutes of the game, we really started to get after it.

Sylvester Croom

We were sloppy today. We got another great effort out of our defense. They're making plays and getting turnovers. Loose balls, tipped balls, they're making plays.

We were short on defense tonight. It would have definitely helped us if (Pelletier) was in the game.

We had to put on a scramble defense but on this big floor it takes a toll. We exerted so much energy to get back. We got within one ... but we could never get over the hump.

We have a good offense, but we're trying to get better on defense because defense is what wins games. We've been focusing on defense and trying to get better.

We wanted to go to a smaller, quicker lineup to play man-to-man on defense and that got us back in the game.