Famous Quotes & Sayings

If the market goes down, you won't have a defensive posture.

If you're going to play the top team, you might as well play them in the first round. We've got to limit their transition game ? and turn it into a half-court game ? and try not to let their defensive pressure get to us.

If you've got a defensive line-out and a goal kicker to the standard they have, you've got the makings of a very good side.

In the first three minutes we had some defensive breaks.

In the first quarter, we let them get a big lead. We didn't get one defensive rebound in the quarter and they had a lot of second and third chances.

In our last two games we had double-digit leads and lost because we quit playing defense. That was pretty much what we worked on in practice all week, and we had a lot better defensive effort (Friday).

I think our defensive intensity and our movement is much better (than earlier in the tournament).

His defensive intensity is what set him apart. He has a desire to win.

Andy Reid

I need to do a better job of putting my players in position to make plays on the offensive side of the ball. On the defensive side, I saw some good things.

In a tough defensive game, if there is a free throw disparity, that is going to be the difference.

Joe Gibbs

I know he's disappointed not making more of an impact, not playing more, ... It's something we just have to work our way through. I think our defensive schemes are trying to use all of our people. In this case, I could see people saying, 'Hey, I don't understand that.' But I think it's just something we're working our way through as we scheme it up. It's just one of those things.

I haven't seen too many guys spend their summers in a defensive stance.

I really don't know what went wrong. We had a few defensive breakdowns, especially toward the end. But I really thought our kids did a great job tonight. That was a very good team we played.

I really liked our defensive energy and effort. We competed with a sense of urgency.

Herman Edwards

If I was voting, and I didn't see all the games that were played, but he'd be my MVP as defensive player of the week, that's for sure. He was raising havoc out there, and I think he likes his new role.

I'm very excited with what we have going on the defensive side, ... We have a special group of players, and we're getting better.

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.

Jim Boeheim

I'm disappointed at this stage of the year that we're not a better defensive team, and that's why we're in the position we're in.

I'm really proud of our kids and their defensive effort. We held them to seven in the fourth quarter and we had about five defensive stops in a row in the fourth that turned the game for us.

I'm real happy from a defensive standpoint in the way that we played. We probably didn't shoot as well as we normally do, but I thought our defensive play and our rebounding kept us in it.

I like a fast tempo in practice but we have to slow some things down. We're teaching the players when to go hard and when you can back off. We're lean everywhere. We have just seven offensive linemen and the defensive line has had injuries. Running back and linebacker have the most depth and that isn't a ton right now.

I hope we don't need him at defensive tackle.

Garrett Temple

I'm a defensive stopper. That's what I live for.

Their sophomore year, I put the guys down as defensive linemen to make them tough. I did the same thing with Pepper Johnson and Kevin Brooks.

Their earnings are more defensive than much of the discretionary retail sector and they manage it better. It's helping them in this period and will keep helping them in the future.

Their defensive pressure really started taking over and it took us out of our game from the second quarter on. They were in our face from baseline to baseline and we had a hard time getting any flow.

Their defensive pressure on the perimeter just took us out of anything we could on the offensive end. They got off to a great start and we never answered.

Their defensive package is nuts. They come from everywhere. I'll have a handful of players to block. It could be a two or three different d-linemen, it could be two or three different linebackers so I'd say five or six different guys I could be blocking.

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

The first two minutes of the second half we were a different team. We've been a good defensive team. That's who we are and who we've been.

The first time he stepped on a football field was last week. He is going to be an outstanding player. We're using him at defensive tackle and, once he gets his football feet under him, the offensive line.

The first series of the game I heard his name like eight times, ... I was like, 'OK, I'm just going to go out and play hard and hopefully things will happen for me.' The defensive line gave me opportunities to get my name out there, too.

The first half was our poorest defensive effort of the season.