Famous Quotes & Sayings

Intensity-wise I'm happy with the way they played. The defense was moving all over the field.

Kevin Towers

In our ballpark, the emphasis is as much on defense as it is on offense with our outfield, ... We saw it. We got out-doubled and out-tripled in our park. We really have to have somebody really go out and get the ball.

I just reacted, ... Defense is something you can win games with.

Roy H. Williams

I really thought their defense really dominated our offense.

I really thought our pitching did a nice job, our defense was not very good and offensively we did not hit like we will hit.

David Mamet

The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so: and his right to do so is guaranteed by the Constitution.

I'm happy that they (changed) the hand-check rule, and I'm a scorer. It allows guys to really learn how to move their feet, and teaches teams to really learn if one guy gets beat, another guy has to be there. We understand that and that's what makes our defense that much better.

Rocky Bernard

In years past, that's what has hurt us: our defense. We pretty much had all new faces on defense (in 2005), so you never knew how things would turn out. But we've done pretty well.

In the second half we played better defense and got running.

In the second half, our shots started to fall, but the good thing was we found out we could play man-to-man defense in this tournament.

Karl Rove

In the normal back-and-forth between prosecutor and defense attorneys, some issues were raised that made the prosecutor step back and have pause for thought as far as his future activities, ... He thought, 'This is enough for me to hold off making decisions.'

Interior defense was such an issue with us. Ostertag is going to help that,

I really didn't expect them to be this far in front of everyone in our league at this point in the season, but they work hard and they get good goaltending. So much of their game is played in the offensive zone. They don't have to rely too much on their defensive zone. They have a young defense - they don't have to rely on them to play that well.

Chan Gailey

If you take an all-conference performer and put him on the field, it's going to help your defense a lot, ... We'll see if we can get him up to speed.

Essence Carson

In every game, a good opponent is going to make a run. We knew it was up to us to clamp down on defense and get the stops we needed.

I myself don't think she has anything surprising to say, but I'm not working on the strategy for either the state or the other defense attorneys.

It helps when you shoot well, and we shot really well in the first half. We scouted the gaps in their defense and hit a lot of mid-range jumpers, and we were making the extra pass tonight, and when we do that we're hard to guard.

Ben Roethlisberger

It helps when your defense plays as well as ours did. Throw two picks, that's a recipe for disaster. But the defense kept making plays.

I think my main focus is always defense. We're not a great half-court, set-offense kind of team. Our defense sparks everything we do offensively. We'll do some special situations. We'll do some fun stuff, some stuff that we're not able to do during the regular season. Now that I have everything in, I can do things that usually we don't have time for.

I think our identity is changing. We've become more of a defensive team. We're not scoring as many points as before but our defense has intensified.

I think our guys played the press very well tonight. We got some big steals and were able to get back on defense when we didn't steal the ball. I was proud of our defensive effort.

Geno Auriemma

I think our defense will be tested, no question. I think our offense is going to be tested. You have to be a good defensive team to win, don't get me wrong. I don't think non-defensive teams are going to win national championship. I don't think non-defensive teams are going to win the Big East championship.

Geno Auriemma

I think our defense will be tested. No question about it.

I think our defense was the key thing. I think we got up on their guards, and forced them to do some things they didn't want to do.

Ronnie Brewer

I think our defense slipped a little bit. We got a little too relaxed with the ball.

I think our defense really settled down after their two first scores.

I think our defense is what needs improvement now.

I think our defense helped us. I just think our defense took over and we got a lot of baskets off of our defense.

Les Miles

I think our defense had a great plan. I think the mixture of pressure and the athleticism of our team in that style of offense is a problem. We anticipated good play from our defense.

Les Miles

I think our defense had a great plan, ... I think the mixture of pressure and the athleticism of our team in that style of offense is a problem. We anticipated good play from our defense.

Shannon Brown

I just try to come out relaxed, but at the same time play with a lot of intensity. And at the same time, just do what I'm supposed to do on offense and defense and be aggressive.

I just hope it doesn't make us lax on defense.

I just knew I had to be smarter (on defense) and stop reaching.