Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played well on the defensive end all night. We did a good job pressing them in the half-court and limiting their shots and in return we got some easy shots inside.

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.

We don't just have one defensive stopper. It's just a team effort. On offense, only three players are in on the play -- the passer, the screener and the shooter. All five have to be playing defense.

Brian Bell

We worked on that defensive scheme all week with blitzes,

The defensive problems aren't one thing, and it's no one person. It (the lapses) always seems to come during a timely possession.

When I saw five of our guys slap the floor, it reminded me of Duke and I knew we were going to go away with the win. I don't teach that; they did that on their own. Our defensive intensity played a big role in our winning.

We needed it. It was very good for us to get back to playing Ole Miss basketball. When you don't practice at all, you forget your defensive principles. Just the sharpness goes away a little bit. The week was great for us. We worked hard and had some intense days.

We never could string together positive offensive and defensive runs. We had some defensive letdowns and that was the ballgame.

Amy Taylor

We needed to improve our defensive intensity and that was a pretty good start for us. That's something we haven't had for a while.

We got the opportunity to work on some things, to try different combinations of players, to work on some little defensive adjustments ? especially in the second half.

We had to play a hard-hitting, defensive game to win, and that's what we did. It's the only thing we could do.

Eric Snow

We had defensive lapses in the second half, only not as many. It's a will. You have to want to do it. It's sticking to the principles we practice every day. Sometimes if the team comes out and does the very things you're forcing them to do and they do well, you have to give them credit.

We forced them to do what we wanted to do, we just didn't finish on the defensive end. We gave up too many offensive rebounds. It's tough to play at that pace for that long and have a guy stay matched up on a shooter.

We had a little trouble scoring (in the fourth quarter), but we took the lead and had a good defensive stand at the end.

We had to try to get every defensive rebound. We wanted to limit their second-chance points. At the end of the game, we wanted to stay disciplined and not run with the lead.

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.

Pat Summitt

We've just been a very poor defensive team in a lot of games.