Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Childress

I think that every defense has some element of it. Some people have more tied into it as a staple. This would be one team that is tied into it as a staple.

I think as far as linebackers are concerned, if you can run and make plays and if you have an instinct to be around the ball, you'll succeed (in the Eagles' system). This defense is in your face, it puts pressure on the offense and it dictates. We don't read and react. We dictate to the offense what we want to do and make them make a decision.

I think it was definitely our defense because some nights we were horrible shooting. Our defense is what got us to the championship.

I think it was defense, I don't think it was nerves. I think it was defense.

I think it took the wind out of them, because of the way they were going so hard on defense and they still couldn't keep us from scoring.

Luke Jackson

I think it's the only way they are going to get better. And in their defense, Georgia and Oregon State are good teams.

Tony Richardson

I think we can get it fixed. That's just not acceptable, especially the way our defense played.

I think we all stepped up on our defense in the second half.

I think that was the turning point of the game. From then on, I thought the defense had a lot of confidence.

I think some of that's overblown. They're going to run their offense and we're going to play our defense. Sometimes, early, they might target a guy.

It is just impossible to have a public trial if you can't guarantee the safety of witnesses, judges or defense counsel.

Rocky Bernard

I was watching TV and they were saying that of all the teams in the playoffs, we had the weakest defense out of all of them. I think that's kind of a slap in the face to us, and go out and prove to people we're not just an offensive team.

Matt Harpring

I was just getting a lot of shots tonight. You take what the defense gives you.

David Thornton

I was just doing what you're supposed to do when you get a turnover, and that's go from defense to offense. I won't say I was targeting him. He was just the guy in the way.

I think they just stepped up their defense and we didn't match it. I think we have to be tougher. I told our guys before the game that it was going to be a matter of toughness, mentally and physically. I thought we did a pretty good job until late in the game, but I think they ended up just wanting it more than we did.

Our #1 goal is to perfect our defense because defense wins games - hopefully our offense will follow.

Reggie can score. He wants to score and likes scoring. It's his defense that he needs to work on.

Paris was playing us a tough game. And we made two many unforced turnovers. We talked about halftime about playing good, sound defense and eliminating our mistakes on offense.

Our offense played a great game. But our defense really put on a show. The whole team played great defense tonight.

Our offense picked up our defense and pitching today.

Maurice Cheeks

Our offense is fine. Our defense is where's it's at. You have to put guys out there and show them how to play defense. We have to keep trying.

Michael Warren

Our offense and defense was clicking. We felt good about that, but we knew the odds of that holding we would have to play good football,

Our offense and defense struggled. We have put ourselves in a hole by losing our first two district games.

Our low-post defense and defensive rebounding will be a big key.

Our offensive energy died, and it all starts on the defensive end. When our defense is there, we can be a good team. When it goes, we're not very good.

Our momentum slipped away when we had some defensive mistakes and gave them some easy goals early on. That's been our problem of late. We need to make them earn their goals. We couldn't slide on defense and that's how they scored.

Frank Beamer

Bud's defense played great. Getting a field goal returned and scoring three times, that's pretty special.

Marcus Ginyard

He's going to make those shots. Even over great defense.

He's been vocalizing what the defense needs to do, which really helps us.

Ricky Phillips

He's fitting in really well. He's fitting into the scheme surprisingly well. He's a quick learner; he learned the defense really quick from what I hear. Personality-wise, he's great.

Thad Matta

He's finishing better than he was earlier in the season. His defense was 100 times better than the last time we played Michigan.

He's done everything. Gotten big hits, played defense well, run the bases. He's playing today, so he's still in the mix.

Eric Schmidt

We lost our identity in Grand Forks and we needed to get back to doing the things that made us successful early in the year, namely playing better on defense and getting points in transition.