Famous Quotes & Sayings

Their defensive intensity was there and forced us out of our offense. We played on our heels and weren't strong with the ball.

Shane Smith

Their defensive front is impressive. We just need to execute and find our rhythm.

Kenneth Bacon

There are some signs that in recent weeks Saddam Hussein has been concentrating more on defensive measures rather than offensive measures.

Ben Wallace

The only pressure I put up on myself is to go out there and rebound the basketball, make my presence felt on the defensive end, make plays.

Actually, this was one of my better defensive games of the season.

Actually, that works out better for Curtis. He's a defensive guy. I had to make Curtis play offense. Curtis is a real physical kid. He wants to hit people. That's what he loves to do.

Something we're going to have to look at is the defensive system we run. We take a lot of risks on offense, and sometimes we don't get back on time.

One has speed and size, while the other one hits hard. Either one will find a place and be on the defensive unit.

We had pitching and defensive breakdowns, but I?m proud of the way we battled back.

We went over our defensive schemes from last game and we'll try to take away some things.

We wanted a defensive focus and wanted to get back and stop the ball. They like to penetrate into the lane, and I was just trying to get something going on defense.

We limited SIUE to just one shot on the defensive end for the most part, and I thought we did a very good job of keeping them off the boards. I told our players we needed to keep SIUE from getting offensive rebounds, and we did that.

We like to think of ourselves as a pretty good defensive team. But there was a premium put on a every possession in a game like this and we had too many ineffective possessions when each one means so much.

Brittany (Strohmeyer) hit some big free throws for us in overtime, and she made a big play on the defensive end as well. We played with a sense of urgency in the second half that we lacked in the first, and Heather (Harper) was really solid for us in the second half.

This defensive line is supposed to run free, and just swarm everybody.

They sent a lot of defensive looks at her. In the first half, she panicked. We just told her to be patient, to pass or fake and go in to score. That forces other teams to make decisions.

They were getting everything. We couldn't get any defensive stops. We couldn't finish them.

They were faster than us but we had good combination passing. I am very proud of our defensive effort.

This is a market that will not do what may be obvious. It's sentiment-led, rather than value-led. If we stabilize, people may try to cherry-pick in blue-chip and growth stocks, but if we head lower investors may get defensive again.

Hugh Johnson

This is a market that's become very, very defensive, ... One thing I noticed is a move back to the defensive side.

When you look at this group, you have to play well to have success. We played Noblesville in our (preseason) scrimmage, so we know it is a good team. We'll prepare for them like we do every team with offensive keys and defensive keys.

When you don't shoot well, it magnifies any defensive flaw.

Mehmet Okur

We were taking outside shots, but we couldn't make them and it was tough getting offensive rebounds. They're really rolling right now. They're a better defensive team and they play unselfish basketball.

We've got to come out with a better defensive attitude. Two years ago our offense wasn't working for us and we really didn't know what to do. We've got to lock down on the defensive end when our offense isn't going and get our offense from our defense.

Derek Roy

We've got the line combinations down pat. We've got great goaltending and good defensive pairings. Hopefully we can finish off the season strong.

Pat Summitt

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

Vince Wilfork

Without Richard, that put a toll on us. Teams started scheming us differently. They didn't have that X factor to worry about. Teams try to run away from him, double him and everything, and that allows the other defensive linemen to make a lot of plays.

probably the worst defensive performance that I've been a part of.

People thought we were a 'finesse' line. Half of us on the defensive line can't even spell finesse. We were offended.

Our shots weren't falling, but I thought our defensive effort was a lot better today. We understand that we've got to get better there, but today our offense wasn't there either.

The team played very well. They played good as a team and played great defense. Our defensive play has set the tone for our team all year.

The team played great. Everyone stepped up, everyone hit big shots, everyone made defensive plays. It was just a great, great team win.

Larry Brown

The thing that is difficult is that a lot of things that we have been working on, you don't see it getting better on the court: transition defense, defensive rebounding, dribble penetration,