Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gaines Adams

It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.

Barack Obama

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

That was the key play right there. He's a very good defensive pitcher, a very good all-around player.

Charlie Villanueva

That was the turning point in the game. That's definitely huge. I was struggling on the offensive end and a big defensive play made up for the offence.

That was the difference. Our defensive intensity was there in the first half and non-existent in the second half. They just about scored at will. When somebody comes into your home floor and scores 48 points (in the second half), that's an embarrassment.

That was the difference in the game, we picked up the defensive intensity in the second half.

That would be a mistake (to play), a big mistake, but like I said, if it's a necessity, I'd do it, ... It would be if there were no defensive tackles (available). That would be the reason.

That was a huge thing, the defensive intensity. But I really feel like that experience with Highland the first time has matured us in a lot of ways. One thing about our season, we've had some 'necessary' failures.

We need to keep playing together and keep up our defensive intensity. We just have to work for our shots.

Scott Skiles

We have yet to get serious about the defensive end and out-play people. Until we do that, we are going to be an up and down team. I thought by this point in the season a lot of our guys would learn that lesson, but so far they haven't.

We have worked on all defensive and offensive scenarios for any possible attacks.

Nick Saban

We have voids at linebacker and safety. We could use a more few defensive linemen.

We just didn't have a very good defensive effort.

We just didn't have a good defensive game.

Carmelo Anthony

We were holding it down on the defensive end. To know that we can do that without him, just imagine what we can do with him when he gets back.

Greg Smith

We were getting frustrated offensively, and it felt to us from a coach's perspective that we were giving in on the defensive end.

Derrick Brooks

We have a good defensive team. You have a good group of guys who made the team defensively so I wasn't surprised we went out there and played well.

Maurice Cheeks

We wanted to let them know that's where we're going to win games, is on the defensive end. I think that's where you go. You don't try and put too much on them, but they know the drills that they're doing on the floor is the way we're going to play.

We've got some depth at defensive tackle and defensive end. But we need a little more depth at linebacker.

We've got our defensive line back injury-free, and those guys are really helping us out,

We've lost a key defensive player and right now we don't know how long Pat will be out. He'll be tough to replace.

We have to play good on the defensive end and let our offense come to us. But if it's not going well for us that day, we just have to outrun the team that day. Just do what we're good at and stop them at what they're good at and we should have no problem.

We have to improve our timely hitting and defensive errors. If we work on those two things and get quality starts on the mound from our pitchers, we'll be fine.

Pete Carroll

We're waiting to see what will happen with the running back spot. I loved the (fumbles) for our defensive side. The last week they've really gotten after it.

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We?re really pleased with the defensive effort by everyone. The first period was a little sloppy, but the second and third they played very well. It was a good team effort.

Will did a great job tonight of really leading our break. He got a lot of defensive rebounds and just started going down the floor. ... Just great looks down the floor and if Will gets us out and going in transition like that, we're tough to beat.

We have one of the better defensive outfields I've ever seen. These guys can go get it.

Don Cooper

We haven't utilized it yet, because we just don't have the personnel right now. We play our six most talented people. Most of the elite teams are using them, because it gives a smaller player who has good defensive skills an opportunity to play the back row more often than just three rotations.

We jumped out on them and got a few steals. I think our overall defensive pressure had them struggling them a bit. We didn't play particularly well the rest of the game, but our defensive presence is what sealed the game for us.

We just couldn't get it going. We're a pretty good defensive team, just not today.

You can get more negative plays just by penetrating gaps. You can also be gashed for more big runs. That's the fear we have as a defensive staff.

You limit a team to one shot on goal, that's a great defensive effort. I just think everybody is playing well back there (on defense). Everybody is playing solid.