Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Howland

To shoot 3 for 19 from the threes and still win the game is a testament to our defense and rebounding.

Kevin Garnett

Tonight's win was great. It was a win we definitely needed. For the most part we all played together. We played aggressively. The defense was probably what won the game for us.

Lindy Ruff

Tonight I thought we got our legs back underneath us, we really skated well. Our defense were in on several of our goals, I thought that made the difference in the game.

Very happy about the defense tonight. Holding them to 19 points and 20-percent shooting in the first half was solid, and I was happy to see that we didn't let up in the second half.

Drew Brees

We felt our defense had done its part, and it was time for us to do ours and put the game away.

We got some execution on offense for a change, and our defense was good again.

Mark Turgeon

We got nothing out of P.J.. He didn't give us defense and that's usually what he gives us.

We hit in spurts tonight and we were able to string together some hits to get the win. But our pitching and our defense were the keys to the win tonight.

We improved immensely on offense, but we'd score six runs and lose seven to six. Some of it was on the mound, but a lot had to do with not playing strong defense. I'm hoping that this year we play stronger defense fundamentally and mentally and be better on the mound.

We score so quickly that our defense has been on the field a lot this year.

We feel like we have very strong pitching and our defense looks really good, too.

You have to score the first goal in that situation so they have to come out and play you straight up. We got lazy on defense and gave them a freebie.

You'd prefer to play that defense a little further down the road,

At that point our defense really shut them down.

At this point of the season, defense gets you to the next round. We've got to play defense like we did during league.

At this level, if you can throw strikes consistently you're going to get people out. And we're playing such good defense right now that our pitchers don't think they have to get people out themselves, and that's why were getting such good pitching.

Dillon has played very solid defense for us, we've just got to get him on track at the plate. We've had very solid defense up the middle.

Gregg Williams

Cornelius is a strong leader on the defensive line. We like the fact that his leadership comes from the example he sets on the field. Then, when he does talk, he means it when he talks. He's had tremendous energy since he's been here. There are not many defensive tackles I would rather have playing for us in our style of defense than Cornelius.

Jane Harman

couldn't get the secretary of defense to stop his opposition, which has been ongoing for months and which emboldened some of these House folks to dig in.

There's no question, our defense is our strong point. Philip is just solid. He makes very few mistakes.

Antawn Jamison

There's no secret about what we need to do. We know we can play better defense because we've done it at times this season. We just have to find a way to do it more often.

There's no doubt the strength of our team will be defense. We have a lot of great players on defense that have experience.

There's no doubt about it, this will be a field-position game and we're going to have to put their offense in a long field, ... They're a pretty explosive offense, with a lot of playmakers, and we have to make sure we give our defense an opportunity to make it hard on San Diego to move the ball.

The transition defense starts it all, not giving up easy baskets. The players have taken pride in defense. And that's good to see.

Ralph Nader

A wasteful defense is a weak defense.

Kevin Towers

I don’t like pitchers who walk hitters. It puts pressure on your defense. The less walks you have, the better your chances of getting through innings. More walks lead to overworking your bullpen, sometimes just by having to get somebody up, just in case.

Ravi Zacharias

Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must be able to make a cogent and sensible response to the counterpoints that are raised.

Jake Delhomme

I don't watch our defense play a whole lot. I really don't. But (this time), you kind of wanted to get up and watch him out there.

I don't think they were frustrated. I think there was too much emotion invested in what was going on in the third quarter. Our defense really did a job there.

I don't think they're a pushover defense but I think it's really all about us, what we do. Nobody can stop us when we do what we do.

Chauncey Billups

He's one of the great ones, and the great ones make it easy for everybody. When he's rolling, everybody has easy shots and everybody gets the shots they want because they have to gear their defense to stopping him. They have to shift their whole focus.

Bobby Cox

He's off to another good start. His defense is the same as it was when he was 19 years old: excellent. He made another good play tonight.

Bobby Cox

He's off to a good start. His defense is just as good as it was when he was 19 years old and that's excellent.