Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arron Afflalo

We knew if we played at that pace, we weren't going to win. We're a pretty dominant defensive team right now.

We knew how tough they were at home, we knew how good of a team they were. We knew we were going to have to respond. It seemed like every time we needed to make a play or make a shot or get a defensive stop, we were able to do it.

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

To hold them to only 13 points in the second half is impressive. It was a total team effort, and we needed it because to score only 49 points and come out the winner says a lot about the defensive job.

Willie Bloomquist

To have those two guys out there is a defensive player's dream.

When you lose a player like Brian, you lose a defensive rebounding presence. So from the standpoint of personnel, we'll have to play differently. We'll play quicker at times and sometimes Brandon (Cole) and Will (Caudle) will have to step in.

We're supposed to be a good defensive team but we sure weren't today. ... We didn't communicate.

Tonight was one of our better defensive games, from start to finish. We fed off of our defense, and then offensively we just kind of picked them apart.

Tonight was a total team effort. We initiated everything from the defensive end and the offensive picked up as a result.

We've held our last three opponents under 50 points. If we hold the next team under 50, I'm going to be doing a lot of defensive clinics.

We've heard that Mississippi State is a tough place to play. They are a good defensive team and it's a hostile environment.

Terry Stotts

Two games in a row (against Washington). At their place the first time we played them, T.J. made a big defensive play - he got an offensive foul. He made the steal this time.

We had a great defensive game and we worked our offense to perfection. There was a great team effort out there Monday and I was thrilled.

We had a good performance from our defensive line and our secondary played very well. We're getting better and I think that by game six or seven, we're going to be a legit small high school program, if we stay healthy. We're going to be good no matter how many games we win.

We had a good game. We tried to limit the turnovers we made and tried to play a good, sound defensive game.

We had a good defensive effort in the second half. We just need to put two halves together.

Antonio Pierce

We've got a lot of quality right now. Get us a defensive tackle and a little more depth, and we'll be fine. We just need a guy to hold two guys off of us. Just a guy who'll be unselfish.

Tommy Tuberville

We've got a lot of guys that have size, speed and quickness. I always judge our recruiting by linemen and this has been an exceptional year. We're always looking for guys at defensive line. We feel like all eight of these guys will have a chance. It will depend on them... and their work ethic.

We had tired legs (from Thursday) so we had to pick it up on the defensive end. We know how to stay aggressive.

This week, we'll work on improving our shot quality and reassuring our defensive responsibilities. We have some tough district matches right off the bat, too.

This team just figures out ways to win games. We made some big defensive plays to stop rallies by them.

This team has really stepped it up and they've become a very good defensive team.

This was probably the worst defensive game we've had this year; this was horrendous. We just had a hard time executing anything we wanted to do (on offense) and sometimes our kids do that; let me know if you find out how to get them to do what you ask.

This was a football decision. It's harder to find a defensive end than running backs. When we looked at our team, we've got to get better on offense, but we've got to get better on defense, too. In eight games, we lost the lead in the second half because we couldn't rush the passer.

This was a disappointing way to open our season. We didn't play to our potential and (Roanoke Rapids) played a great defensive game. Hopefully we'll learn from our mistakes and be ready for Friday.

With Florida you have got to pick a poison. I thought in the second half by using man where there was more one-on-one coverage, Steven (Hill) really held his own. I thought he had a really good game on the defensive end.

We got some defensive stops those last five minutes when they were making their run that were very important.

We got out of some tough defensive situations.

Mike Donahue

We improved our fore-check and played tougher in the defensive zone, holding them to just one more goal in the next 27 minutes of play.

We expected a tough game. They played a defensive game, trying to shut us down, and they did a good job.

We're going to try to speed the game up, limit their defensive substitutions.

We're trying to get him more involved in the offense and get him moving better. He's so much better on the move than he is just sitting down there in the post. We also worked hard on some defensive assignments and playing help defense.

Variety is what the 3-4 can give you. You can play the 3-4 without having superstars, so to speak, in the defensive line.