Famous Quotes & Sayings

We wanted to go out there and tell everybody that we have this great offense, but the defense can play, too. We went into the game looking for a 'W.' We'll leave the gauging to you guys.

We've gotten here with defense and the strength of our bench. It's hard for people to match up with us because we can throw a lot of different lineups at them.

We've got several kids who can score in a number of different ways. Once the tournament begins, we've got to stay sharp mentally and come ready to play good defense and rebound every night. We've got seven seniors on this team and we want them to go out on a positive note.

Jack Johnson

We've got Savage and our receivers should be good. The offensive line will take a little time. I think our defense is pretty solid. Our secondary is good.

We have been waiting all year long for that to happen. Our defense was our offense early in the game. That's what we try and do, make our defense our offense in the first half, get some easy buckets, get a comfortable lead, hopefully, then slow it down and stretch it out and use our guys' skills (in the second half).

We have to play better defense. They got a lot of easy buckets because we didn't get back on breaks. It will have to be better than it was then.

Jim Boeheim

We have to play better defense. Our field-goal percentage defense is the worst it's been since I've been here. We've got to play better the rest of the way. There's still a lot of time. A lot can happen.

Maurice Cheeks

We have too many breakdowns. I think that we have to go back to the one, two, three of defense rotations, and getting guys in different positions. The only way that you can win games if you are relying on your offense night in and night out, is you have to outscore teams. We're not going to outscore teams, so our defense has to go back to the fundamentals of teaching positions.

We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots.

Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity would be our last resort when all our efforts for a peaceful reunification should prove futile.

Usually, our defense keys up our offense. It's not that our effort wasn't there on the defensive end. We just needed to go up to the next level.

Most of our games are won on defense and rebounding. We had much better energy, much more effort (in the second half).

We haven't shot well all year long. We put a game together where our offense and our defense were pretty stout.

We just can't quit playing defense thinking we'll get it next time. There may not be a next time.

We jumped out early in the first quarter and led 14-3. We played pretty good defense early, but then it was pretty even until the fourth when we out scored them 23-16. The second and third quarters were evenly matched.

We couldn't get in a flow of things offensively. Their defense was just a little too much for us, a little too physical. We had to fight for every point we could get.

It definitely started with the defense. We started out tough on defense and the offense played off of that. We didn't rush our shots and we took the shots that we wanted.

I thought he played fantastic. He's a kid who's a hustler and plays good defense and gets a lot of rebounds for us. Everything we get from him offensively is a bonus.

DeAngelo Hall

I thought I did pretty well. I think our defense as a whole played pretty good.

Nate Robertson

I thought I had pitched well enough to win some of those games, ... Tonight, I made pitches when I needed them, and the defense made the plays.

I think the strength of the defense is not going to be one particular position, but how well we play together, ... because a lot of this defense is people doing everything together. Our success this season will depend on how quick we can get on the same page and stay there.

I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.

Just her work ethic rubs off on everybody else. She's always going 100 percent, and I think people see that out of her and tend to pick it up, too. The main thing I like out of her is if you need a person who's going to go get rebounds and get in there on defense and get on the ball. A lot of kids do that, and Danielle thinks that's her role and she does a good job of it.

I'm speechless. I just want to jump up and down. I'm glad for the coaches. Our defense was a big key in the second quarter (holding West McDowell to only one basket). We, as a team, showed a lot of heart and didn't quit.

Man-to-man straight up, nothing special. We definitely picked it up. Defense was the key. It's what did it for us.

Jake Plummer

We got the running game going and our defense dominated them on the other side of the ball...We just kept working hard. We played some tough defense.

We gave up some easy baskets early. We didn't want that to happen again, so we made some adjustments in the second quarter and were able to use our defense to get ourselves some easy baskets.

We gave up a lot in the first half. Our defense settled in during the second half, and we really held our own.

We can be great. We just have to keep playing defense like we do and working hard.

Barbara Lee

We are not the CIA, we are not the FBI, we are not the White House, we are not the Defense Department. We are the United States Congress; we have our role. And we can't give up that role during a national-security crisis.

We had to pick it up and try to help out our defense. They've been playing well all year. We had to go out there and work harder.

We had to make adjustments on offense and defense at halftime. Those kids from Johnson are good. They can flat shoot the lights out. We had to go to a kind of half-man, half-zone 'D' to try and stop them.

We had to make adjustments at halftime. Our defense in the second half was the big difference.