Famous Quotes & Sayings

We all want the same thing in our case, defensive excellence at all times.

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 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.

Paul Pierce

We feel like we're real close, it's just the little things. Our problem is a sense of urgency in the last three or four minutes of the game. We've got to get loose balls, get defensive rebounds, get quality shots and that's what we've got to learn to do as a team.

You either give energy to the team or take it away. A guy can hit a home run and give energy to the team. But a good defensive play can give just as much energy.

At the time we didn't put another linebacker in. We took one of the defensive linemen off the line, stood him up and went into the three-man front that way. We did it in obvious passing situations, long-yardage situations or at the end of the game when we were protecting a lead.

Dan McCarney

Dobbins can be much better than last year. At this time last year, we didn't know where Dobbins would play - whether it would be as a starter or a backup. We didn't desert him; we worked with him, and he ended up being defensive newcomer of year.

Dick's a whale of a guy. He's a great coach, a great defensive coach, and he's a better guy than he is a coach.

Devon really picked it up on the offensive end for us. It was a great defensive effort, holding a good team like that to 40 points.

Cornell is a very disciplined and strong defensive team. They're a team and a program that knows how to win.

Tommy Bowden

There's still some defensive positions open, for sure.

There's no way we could have had as smooth of a transition at defensive line.

The tougher team won. Right now, the defensive part of the game is not important to our kids.

Joe Girardi

I don't worry about him defensively. I think you'll see a lot better defensive player in six weeks. They're all going to school right now.

I don't think this team has trailed this season, ... And we've played well in all three games, especially at the defensive end. This group guards very well despite being shorter than all the teams we've faced, and we don't have a lot of depth.

He's got a lot of qualities you need to become a great player. But it isn't good enough just to be great on the offensive end. You've got to be good on the defensive end as well.

Steve McNair

I'm very comfortable with that regardless of who's out there. If they can get to know the game plan, get to know their defensive scheme, they can predict what they're going to do, so I feel comfortable with that.

Ted White

I'm never satisfied with a loss. But I'm proud of how they played. We had to come up with great defensive plays.

Brian Dawkins

I mean, he can get up out of a defensive end's stance quick and get pressure off the wing and that's what we expect out of him, ... I'm telling you, he's very explosive off the ball.

I know what I did not like, and what formations gave me problems. We are a defensive team first, (but) we have some great receivers, and my quarterback, (Elliott), I praise him.

I know people don't like to talk about defense, but this was a defensive day weather-wise, as well as on the field for us.

I knew we only needed a field goal to tie it and put it into overtime, but I thought it was a great time to take a shot. More often than not, from the defensive perspective, the offense gets that ball.

I'm back into my defensive mode. I'm trying to stop guys, especially this time of year. We've got a lot of guys that are scoring now. Somebody has to be a leader defensively, and I'm just trying to take that role.

If you can't hide in drugs, where can you hide? ... Drug stocks have been dependable, a good defensive play, a good place to hide, and now this.

If you don't understand defensive fronts, then you don't know who to pick up,