Famous Quotes & Sayings

The ideal scenario would be being the No. 1 tight end, ... It stinks to put in all the work and not play. When they told me they wanted to try me at defensive end, I said, 'If it'll get me on the field, I'll do it.'

John Calipari

A great defensive effort. I always go with the same thing: We want to make the game hard for the other team, and we did today.

Jason Campbell

A good defensive line can dominate a football game. That is exactly what happened tonight. They did it in the second half to us last year, and did it the whole night tonight.

(Ager) played a great game tonight. We just didn't make the plays, especially on the defensive end.

You could see the difference right away. It was not just the things he can do that we didn't have any more. With Michael, the other team knows there is a guy they have to game-plan for. They have to devote resources to stop him on every play. Without that, the entire defensive unit is affected.

Rashard Lewis

You can tell they're a better defensive team. They took me out. I couldn't get anything rolling.

Jeff Jones

The kids are playing hard right now, and we're looking to get better. The kids are really responding on the defensive end.

Glenn Anderson

The key is to have a professionalism, to do drills that these guys didn't get when they were kids. Simple things, like how to hold a stick properly and defensive coverage.

The game with Appleton East was pretty equal until a defensive lapse.

The game will be won on the defensive end.

The effort has been better. It's defensive execution and effort. It's offensive effort and poise.

Becky Hammon

The four quarters I like. The 24-second clock, if you're going to do that you've got to make some adjustments on the defensive end. I still think we've got to stick to our principles and what got us where we are, and that's good team play. It's going to be interesting, it's going to speed up the game a lot.

Pat Riley

Alonzo had a huge impact on the game defensively. I think he gave us the defensive lift when we needed it.

All in all, I was really pleased with the defensive performance.

All good defensive teams have a good shortstop and he will be a solid piece of our defensive puzzle.

Alexis was unselfish, setting up others, and she was good on the defensive end.

Larry Hughes

We're not going to be that team that's a defensive stopper,

We had some great defensive stands ... but we kept giving them good field position. The thing I go back to, though, is in the first quarter. We score, we've got momentum, we can put it away in the first half, and we let them run back a kickoff.

We addressed our needs on the line, especially at defensive tackle, and that's good because it's a tough position to recruit.

Dick Vermeil

To me, there seems to be more good defensive football teams right now. I can't prove it, but it seems that way. . . . And there are more games being played on defense.

Everyone knows him as a terrific scorer, and he is, but he's made a great effort getting everyone else involved. And he's really picked up his game on the defensive end.

The big kid killed us early. Our defensive effort the first half was just terrible.

The big key for us, especially early, was to establish some easy baskets to get into our defensive pressure.

The big thing was we shot free throws. We had a little letdown with our defensive intensity (late in the game), but we hit free throws when we needed to to keep enough of a lead from them.

Terry Porter

The thing I really like about her is her presence on the offensive and defensive boards.

Kay Yow

Not to pick this game up tonight means we really have got to come through somewhere and win a game or two that nobody expects us to win. It just seemed that in the second half our defensive intensity wasn't there until the last four or five minutes.

Not just from an offensive standpoint, but from a defensive standpoint, we got tremendous contributions from several players.

After the Holmes game, we kind of went back to the drawing board. We really reiterated our defensive philosophy about stopping people from getting to the basket.

Any time you come to this place and win it's a major thing. It's a 10-hour trip, you (move through) time zones to get here. So to be able to play with the defensive intensity we did was good for our kids.

Marlin Jackson

Any time you have guys out there flying around, hitting guys and getting to the ball, that intimidates the other team and gives us energy on the defensive side of the ball.

Scott Skiles

It's been a good impression; he's a very good offensive player. He's got a lot to learn on the defensive end, as all rookies do. I'm not sure, yet, what his future holds here. But he's definitely on the verge of being an NBA player.

Alan Davis

It's our time to come in and play and show what we can do. We have to show the defensive ends haven't lost anything.

It sure feels great to have a win, ... and it was a hard one. They're a good defensive front, so we're happy with a win in this one.