Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Jackson

I felt we played the type of game we needed to in this conference. We played with more passion in the second half. I was pleased with the defensive effort all night.

I felt we had a good team defensive effort. It was a good game for us to really focus on rebounding.

I feel like, on the whole, I keep improving. I'm not being funny, but earlier this year, I didn't even know enough to know where my defensive weaknesses were.

If I had $100 million to put into a single Treasury coupon security, I would be defensive and invest in two-year notes. Rates are going up, and there's less risk in the two-year.

I'd have done the same thing, in his shoes. When they did hold it, it made us work and tired us out on the defensive end.

Ronde Barber

I could see all their defensive guys really hustling that day in Tampa. They hunt like we hunt.

I don't think there's any team right now that can overcome our defensive line.

I'd say it has been (that way), at least for the offensive piece. Not the defensive piece, but yes, she's been a huge part of that.

Mike Jones

I'd seen (Morrow) wide open and I just tried to get back as fast as I could. Most of the time a shooter's wide open, he's gonna knock it down. I'm known for my offense, but today (my) defensive played a really big role.

I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We didn't really play 40 minutes of basketball. The key (to playing a transition game) was the defensive intensity.

Joe Horn

I don't think defensive coordinators will game plan differently because of our style of play or because Deuce is down. We're a downhill football team.

Drew is a huge surprise. He's got the toughest defensive position on the field and has done very well back there.

Eric is probably one of the most dominating defensive players we've ever had at Palma. He hustles all over the field all the time, and he's usually the one making the tackle. There are a lot of teams out there that are going to regret not offering Eric a scholarship.

Eric has natural instincts and we think he can be a top defensive back in the conference.

(Erskine) put up a good defensive effort. They made us work for everything we got. They are probably the hardest-working team we play. They're a good team, and we'll probably see them again.

Errors killed us today. In our first two games we didn't have that. It was a lack of focus. We had eight errors in four defensive innings.

Every time they got it within six or eight points, somebody would step up. They really made us work hard, but our defensive effort eventually got us the win.

Every time I looked at the scoreboard even after a series of defensive stops we were always down by 10 points. Batavia just has so much depth, and they did an excellent job of keeping us at arm's length all night.

Mark Bradford

Bergh played a great defensive game, she's all over the place. Jessica makes sure everybody is in the right place.

Every defensive possession we value because that's an opportunity for them to score. At that point in the game, they were manhandling us on the defensive end and some people had to shore things up.

Lindsey Hunter

As the season winds down, we have to establish that as our identity, because, going into the playoffs, that's the way games are going to be played. It's a defensive struggle every game, and every possession means a lot. We have to get back into the habit of stopping guys every night.

We should have scored many more goals. If you can't score, you can't win. I was also disappointed with the defensive work of my side. We need to be better in the next matches.

Jason Terry

We're disappointed in our defensive effort. We gave up 50-some percent (53.2) shooting. I guess that's first-game jitters.

Ron Zook

Vince has done everything I thought he would do in learning our package. He's spent time with the defensive line and linebackers, and I help a lot in the secondary. We've made great improvement on defense, which we should.

Pete Wilson

Washington picked up their defensive intensity in the fourth quarter. They forced us into some turnovers and we missed a few free throws and that helped them get back into the game.

We did a good job contesting all their shots. And we did a good job reading their tendencies. When they scored, we had defensive mistakes.

We didn't play as well as we have in the last few games. We didn't get a very good defensive effort tonight.

We had some defensive mix-ups, and they scored goals on us. We played a much better game than the last time we played them.

We had some defensive breakdowns. We had some guys that were loose in front of the net, and you can't have that.

We had some defensive breakdowns. Our point guard didn't get back defensively after we missed a shot a few times. I don't have an explanation for that. We're young right now and we make mistakes.

I spoke with our girls about our defensive intensity before the game. I think we surprised them with that today, but we lost that in the second half.

I've been very pleased with our defensive intensity at this point of the season. I thought we did a good job of making them work for everything.

I've never had a better defensive team in all the years I've coached. They get after it and play hard every possession.