Famous Quotes & Sayings

She had to do a lot for us. Most of the time she was guarding a player on the defensive end who was three or four inches taller than her. Her endurance was nothing but incredible. There weren't many games when she sat out for very long. She played a lot of minutes for us.

Daniel Gibson

Sixteen and oh is definitely a possibility. But our focus is on the next game. We've picked up our intensity on the defensive end.

She's a good setter. And we have more than one weapon, so she has a variety of hitters to go to. That helps. And we've had good defensive players, so she usually gets good passes. It all works together.

She may not look like the type of person who's going to come out and score for us. They just think of her as a defensive player. But without her scoring in the first half, it would have been a different game.

She is a total player. She does it on the defensive end, she does it on the offensive end. She has grown so much as a player throughout the years. She just keeps on growing.

If Brittany's shot falls and we play smarter on the defensive end, this game was over at the half.

I did not feel we played very well inside (on the defensive line), and I was disappointed because they had played at a better level.

He struggled early on as a sophomore offensively, but defensively he's been as smooth as any shortstop I've had. He's really a great defensive shortstop. Now, he's made himself into a better hitter, a better offensive player. He can do it all. He can run, he can throw, he can catch. He's very smart and he's a great hitter now.

He's the linchpin in the makeup of this team. I don't think I've had a better defensive player, with the exception of A.J. Gonzalez.

He's long, he's sturdy, he goes after everything on the defensive end. Offensively, he has a pretty good jump hook. He's a heck of a player.

Pat Riley

He's amazing. He gave us the defensive lift we really needed.

He's a hitter. He's a great defensive catcher. And he also has a great relationship with the pitchers. The pitchers trust him, and that's important to us.

He's a guy who gets off the ball. They're looking more for a 3-4 type of defensive lineman.

Dwane Casey

He's a one-man wrecking crew. We spent the whole night trying to figure out the offensive sets around where he was on the play. He's a great player. He's one of the guys you have to think about for Defensive Player of the Year.

Gardiner's defensive pressure was unmatched. It was something we hadn't seen all year.

Gerard's smiling, laughing and really into what's happening here in the defensive game plan. He feels like it's all for one and one for all, and I can see that.

Good teams might win games, but games like this you have to win on the defensive end.

Jim Calhoun

Hilton we lost for about two weeks. He got to the Big East tournament, was the defensive player of the year and he had a little letdown. I don't know what it was. He's such an emotional kid. But we've got him back and thank God we got him back tonight.

He's so quick that he can put a move on someone, and you can't even see what he did. I think he is the top defensive player in the state.

He's stronger than most guards. He's quicker. Guys like him are special to play next to. They make a defensive end's life easier.

He's just a really good athlete. We had holes we needed to fill on the defensive line and we felt like he could do the job for us and he did.

Randy Carlyle

He's our guy. He plays major minutes, he's our captain. He plays on all situations on the defensive side and the offensive side of the puck. He makes it look so easy night in and night out. He's very efficient in how he goes about his business.

He's one of the top defensive players in the state I think. He's also a very good outside shooter, so he can help in that regard as well.

I don't know if we got (our) heads down because our shots weren't falling or what. Seems like that lack of effort transferred over to the defensive end as well. The first half was just awful.

I don't know if he's dysfunctional or (if it's because) defensive linemen take a lot of shots to the head,

Mike Scott has been giving us great defensive presence all year. The rebounds he got down the stretch were very key.

John Whisenant

Mistakes, turnovers, that's part of our defensive intention. We hope to get more shots than them (64-52), limit their shots, make their shots harder and limit their assists.

Robert Pires

Maybe we should play in a more defensive manner,

A.J. Hawk

Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high.

Oconomowoc gave us a hard time down there earlier in the year and we expected another tough game tonight. It was kind of surprising. But that's what can happen when we play with that kind of defensive intensity.

I think the two programs are very close. But they've had (recently graduated) Matt Roth as a four-year starter at defensive end and he's a big defensive end. Our defensive ends had been undersized defensive ends. Now, we've got big defensive ends.

I think the two programs are very close, ... But they've had (recently graduated) Matt Roth as a four-year starter at defensive end and he's a big defensive end. Our defensive ends had been undersized defensive ends. Now, we've got big defensive ends.

Ray McDonald

It is a more natural position for me. I'm looking forward to playing defensive end.