Famous Quotes & Sayings

Udonis Haslem

I don't think it will take long. We understand what the game plan is every game going out. The transition more than anything will probably be defensively, because everybody played different defensive schemes, and our scheme is probably one of the toughest schemes in the NBA because we work a lot harder.

I don't think our young defensive linemen played very well, or as well as they can. That was the most disappointing part of our defense.

For us, we may not be the most skillful group, but you can never fault the effort. The defensive end, that?s all it is, it?s heart.

Brad Miller

He's a 1-on-1 defensive machine. It's hard to get a free look when Ron's guarding you.

He's all speed. A fast guy. Quick. A pass-rushing defensive tackle, which is rare.

He?s a solid defensive player who?s doing a great job.

James Smith

He's a solid defensive player at third base. He's a good offensive hitter with a little pop to his bat.

He's a very good at keeping the play (going). That's typical of the more defensive style he plays.

Mike Timlin

He's a tough little hitter. He's got great speed. He makes good contact. Watching him on the defensive side, watching him go get the ball, he's pretty awesome. He's got good speed there. He's got very good reactions to the ball.

His real thing is edge rusher. He's a 4-3 defensive end. He'll be an edge guy for us.

Rick Carlisle

Jack is such an important guy on our team. Our players view him as one of our leaders. You have to have your top players involved and playing at a high level. I thought tonight Jack understood the defensive end was going to be what was going to win the game for us.

Kelly Whelan's defensive play helped preserve the shutout.

Kelly is our defensive player and our offensive player. It was key because we switched her in the last 10 minutes.

Kelly has everything we look for in a defensive lineman. He has great natural use of hands, he has very good initial quickness and very good feet.

Mike Tice

Keith plays special teams, he plays linebacker, he plays rush defensive end. We have a 3-4 package that we named after him. He can rush the passer, he is doing a real good job playing coverage. ... Those are the kind of players that you need to win.

Just like last year, they've got some big kids on the line. It's going to be a tough game. Their defensive line is tough, and we're going to run the football.

Gregg Williams

Just occupying more than one person. He's the kind of person that can take on two people and still win. He has a presence in his pass rush. Sometimes, maybe your defensive tackles aren't maybe some of the solid pass rushers in the league. But we think he's one of the better pass-rushing defensive tackles around.

Charlie Villanueva

Just the speed of the game, and also on the defensive side as well. It's not the same as in college. A lot of things are different, but I'm learning. I'm like a sponge, I'm absorbing everything.

Josh Taylor

Josh comes in large and quick, he has excellent potential for the offensive and defensive line.

It all started on the defensive end. The effort was great.

Jack White

This was one of our better defensive games, but we need to pick it up and hit better.

We talked about this all week. We've played at this pace a few times. But they are a very good defensive team. Not too many teams hold Joe (Kalb) to five points and one field goal.

We talked at halftime about defensive intensity, and we got it. We did a good job of locking them up.

Kelly Packard

We talked a lot about finishing a defensive stand.

When he walks into a room, you say that's what (a defensive end) looks like.

Lamar Odom

We've got to make every game a defensive game. ... When you play the worst defensive game of the year, you get beat. Point blank.

Monta Ellis

When I play my game, there's that, and more to come. Tonight it just seemed that I had it going in the first half and they put me back in the second half. It wasn't all on the offensive end. It was the defensive end as well. The little things.

He was talking in the huddle, and it was contagious. We talked more on the defensive end than we have in a long time.

Chuck D.

He was reluctant, obviously, at first. ... He has made a great sacrifice. That was a team thing that Dwayne did, because Dwayne played a lot of football in the last three years as a defensive tackle.

Rick Carlisle

He wanted to give it a try, and he really gave us some defensive energy to start the third, which was big.

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

He could easily have gotten more time early, but he didn't understand our defensive philosophy. The one thing we say here is if you don't play defense, you don't play. You can always have an off night shooting, but you can always play defense.

Nick Saban

He didn't look like a defensive end doing that.