Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think that's a big key, and it's been like that a lot for us. We try to generate some offense with our defense ... it's a lot more fun to shoot wide open lay ups than to shoot (while being guarded).

I though the defense did all right, but they got fatigued pretty early, ... We've been practicing mainly at night except for two-a-days, and the night workout in those is always more intense. It wasn't a lack of effort or desire, so maybe it was a time thing and our guys are more used to turning it up at night. But with this hot, muggy morning, they got tired in a hurry.

William Ford

I thought getting off to a good start was important. I felt our defense was pretty good and we limited them to one shot.

I thought Erin's defense was fantastic. She gave our staff and this program everything today.

I thought early, we let Hand get some good looks with the 3. But I thought as the game progressed, we were able to take away the 3. Our perimeter defense has been pretty solid all year.

I thought a three- or four-minute spurt would win this for us, and it didn't. Their defense wouldn't let us do that.

I thought actually we were playing pretty good defense but they were drilling shots. At the end of the day, that was a big deal.

I think you'll see a team that rebounds hard, plays defense hard and that's why he has been a really good coach. I think he's a great fit.

Dom Capers

I think you'll see a more explosive defense. And I think you'll see a defense that, if it stays healthy, gets better as the season goes along. Our defense has the potential to improve as the year goes on. They're excited to get out there and play.

John Anderson

I think the facility is a great match for this team. We have more speed in the outfield. I think our team, to be honest with you, is made to play defense in there this year.

I think the difference today was that we picked it up on defense in the second half. We got our transition game going and we got some open looks.

Richard Wright

I think the difference between our defense from last year and this year is that last year we had big, strong linemen, and this year our linemen are smaller, but we make up for it with our speed.

Arlen Specter

I think the Department of Defense owes the American people an explanation of what went on here,

Russ Wilcox

Lake Region played a great game. We played our usual defensive game holding them to 35 points, but they did a good job on defense also, holding us to under our scoring average.

This was a good game. We hit pretty well, but I was proud to see our defense step it up. Now we are going to put the two together.

Kevin is a great guy to play with and he really found all the openings in the defense and he got the rest of the team the ball.

Norv Turner

Kerry gets excited for every game, and I'm sure he'll be a little more here. But you know, he's played enough and he knows you've got to go play. And you've got to play within what we're doing and what the defense is giving us opportunities to do.

Jermaine Dye

Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,

(Kenny) played fantastic. He hit some tough shots, but he played well on defense too.

Harold Wilson

Kids have a mindset - and a lot of people have a mindset - that you have to have a starting five, and they're supposed to play as much as they can. What we had to understand was if we wanted the starters to finish strong, we had to have that other group play. We had to keep up the pace and tempo to keep the defense continually strong. We had to wear down our opponents.

I wouldn't be surprised if they shot 60 percent. I told the guys at halftime that if we played good defense and they were still hitting, I would be the first to go and shake their hands.

Anthony Horowitz

When are you at your most defenseless?

Kirk Hinrich

That was definitely needed for this team. He was playing like Tyson can, getting rebounds, playing defense and scoring some points.

Avery Johnson

That was one of the reasons why we won that first quarter, ... Doug was running the offense a lot of the time, and his on-the-ball defense is always good.

Chauncey Billups

That was kind of fun. It was a high-tempo shootout until the end. Our offense is good, and we have some great offensive players, but defense is still what we do.

Brad Miller

That sucker is fast and crafty. You just have to play a Steve Nash defense on him and give him some space.

Charles Williams

That's the only score that I can remember. 58-53. We just have to come out and try to outplay them. We have to play better defense this time.

That's what hurt us. It's hard playing an extra 35 seconds on defense.

I was really pleased with our effort tonight. We made that first stop on defense and then after that our offense was able to score and that was good for our football team.

I was really impressed with the team play and unselfishness. Everybody stepped up on defense as a team tonight.

Tommy Amaker

I was really happy the way we shared the ball. And we played much better defense in the second half.

I was primed and prepared to be the starter on defense in my junior year but things just went bad.

I wasn't too happy with our defense in the first quarter. The second quarter we played better defense and that helped offensively.