Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have to keep fighting, trying to find ways to win the game. As a team we know we can win games if we shoot in the 30s -- if we play defense like we did in the second half.

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.

We're not a young team anymore. Our defense has really matured. We're just all playing together. We're trying to get where want to go and we want play good every week.

Paul Wolfowitz

We're unified as an administration on this, ... We're unified within the Defense Department. We all understand the enormous value of expanding this coalition.

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.

We have momentum going. We hope to keep riding the wave as long as it can take us. We feel pretty good. The spirit and morale are pretty high right now. We're playing defense and the offense looks good.

Jim Calhoun

We have Marcus Williams who made big plays down the stretch. We turned up the defense the last four or five minutes.

We will need pitching, great defense and pressure on offense to be successful.

When the doldrums went away, I think we got a sense of urgency and started executing. When we execute and our defense stops them like we were stopping them, then we're going to become a good football team.

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 play defense with that kind of energy, we're as good a team as I've ever seen.

When we watched the film, about half the time Carolina's defense wasn't even fully set when we're snapping the ball. Whether that's how they wanted it or how they were playing it, I don't know.

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.

We had some solid defense in the back. Our defense is learning to play as a group.

We'd been hearing that our team had the worst defense of the 12 teams that made the playoffs. They proved people wrong today. Can you play any better than that?

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

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 pitched well and played defense well but we weren't real disciplined at the plate.

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

We picked up the intensity with our full-court defense and started getting turnovers and steals and quick shots. That stopped for some reason.

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.

E. O. Wilson

We picked it up on defense. Defense was the name of the fourth quarter.

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

Rex Grossman

With a guy like Moose, you don't have to make a perfect throw. He runs great routes, he's got terrific hands, and he's a guy the opposing defense has to respect. He just makes our whole offense better.