Famous Quotes & Sayings

When the defense has to worry about what you're going to do it's so much easier.

When we played them at Rhode Island, they were faster than us. They were more physical than us. They played better defense than us. They had better special teams than us. But we've gotten a lot better in all those areas.

When we've lost games it's been because of our transition defense and we've been selfish. I think we're over that.

We've overcome some injuries and we're starting to pick it up. Our defense wasn't as good tonight as the first time we played them so we have play better there, but it's good to be one win from states.

Aaron Gray

We watched a lot of film on him. He's a big key to their offense. When you're guarding him you can't leave him or he'll get an open shot. I also got great help defense from my teammates, and he missed some shots too. The combination is why he went scoreless.

We wasn't getting back in transition the first half. We kept putting them on the foul line. We stepped up our defense in the second half.

We wanted to establish ourselves early physically, and I thought we did that. Our defense kept 'em pinned up, so we had great field position all night.

Lawrence Frank

We only had three field goals, but more importantly, we gave up 27 points. We just had some defensive breakdowns. Sometimes we played good defense and they made shots. That's why we're tipping our hats to them.

Phil Jackson

We obviously need his defense at some level. It's good to have him back in the offense, but we weren't smooth with him in there offensively, though.

We pitched well in tight games. Pitching and defense were our strengths today.

We pitched well and played great defense, and then we did some good things on offense. It was just a great overall win for this team.

We picked up the pace on defense and started playing like we can and we were fine.

We picked our defense up in the second half. Every kid on the floor played defense as hard as they could. I am so proud of how our kids fought back.

We perked up a little bit. We played our zone offense a little better, and our defense always kicks in.

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.

But, no matter who wins, we're going to see increased defense spending and a lot of that is already priced into the defense stocks,

We've been practicing free throws. I knew that we had to knock them down, we had to play defense and don't foul.

We've been playing pressure defense all year. We've been getting in the high 20's for turnovers all year.

We've been playing good defense as of late. We're holding teams to single digit scoring during periods.

We've been playing at a high level on defense all year. I thought our linemen did a good job of putting pressure on their quarterback and kept the big plays to a minimum.

We're the only lower seed to move on. We're going to play defense and go at Conant. We have nothing to lose.

We've been looking forward to this. After the (first time the two met), we figured they'd come in wanting us. So we were ready. We played great defense and everyone contributed. It was a pretty good game for us.

We need to start playing better defense and with more energy. We can't let teams stay in the game.

The defense won the game for us tonight. The defense was outstanding and I think that we are starting to come together as a team and we are helping each other out.

The defense stepped up huge. Three goals (Friday), no goals (Saturday) - that's huge.

The defense stepped up and played a lot better tonight. They only gave up 13 points while last week they gave up 35.

The defense stepped it up when we needed them to and they did a great job for us,

The defense really wasn't challenged. We ran a laundry list of defenses at them to what worked and who could do what.

The defense really saved the night for us. You're not going to be able to say enough about the way the defense played.

The defense played very well. When the defense gives you the ball, you should do something with it.

The defense played very well and kept turning back all night,

The defense played really well. We really limited their shots today, especially with what their team had been doing offensively.

The defense played really well today. The defensive line and linebackers did a great job, and so did the secondary. Everybody looked good.