Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eddie Jones

We're a defensive team. We have to be a defensive teams. The other teams that win games are teams that are in the top, defensively.

We're a defensive team. I think we can stop anybody.

Kevin Garnett

We're a big question mark. We have no real identity at this point. We show glimpses of being very, very good defensively. ... But I don't think you can stamp us as a defensive team or stamp us as a team with an identity right now.

We're a better defensive team when we play full-court pressure defense.

Graeme Smith

We?re 1-0 up in the series. We were forced into being defensive and getting through this game and that?s what we did.

Jimmy Smith

We ran the same offensive and defensive plays in the first six minutes as the rest of the game. We just started to play South Lenoir basketball. Tonight was just a good team effort. We showed a lot of heart tonight.

Arron Afflalo

We're a pretty dominant defensive team right now. It's not just one guy. It's a total team effort on defense.

Arron Afflalo

We're a pretty dominant defensive team right now.

We hit the mid-line a lot with Jared Kimmel up the middle and then we started hitting the rocket on the outside. We took advantage; the defensive ends were playing a little tight. We tried to get outside on them. We ran our rocket play - our quick sweep - and that really got us back into the game.

We had a few defensive lapses, but the kids found a way to hang in there and battle.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.

Scott Parker

We played well for a half the first time (against Palisade). We're a better defensive team now, and hopefully it will make a difference.

We played as good a defensive half as we have all year. And that's saying a lot for us. We just took it to another level.

Dominik Hasek

We played a really strong defensive game. The 5-on-3s were the key. We killed them off and that was important for our success.

Chris Collins

We played a much different game in the second half than we did in the first. Tonight we had kids playing on the defensive line that are jayvee offensive lineman.

Chris Collins

We played a much different game in the second half than we did in the first, ... Tonight we had kids playing on the defensive line that are jayvee offensive lineman.

Ray McDonald

We played all right, but we always know we can do better. We had only two sacks from defensive linemen. I don't think that's too good. We should have had a lot more sacks. We need to get more sacks for our defense.

We played a little too defensive and didn't go after them. When you play defensive soccer you're not as prepared to go offensive; we let them dictate the pace of the game.

We played a great defensive game. We played with a lot of intensity and a lot of effort. These guys gave everything they had tonight. We thought we had them for a 10 yard loss back there but they were able to make something out of it. I think if we had gotten them stopped there it might have sealed it up.

Jamie Walker

We played a good defensive game; we just didn't shoot well.

We played a good defensive game and that set the tone.

We play defense. As you can see, we don't score a whole lot. We have to make a strong defensive effort.

We prided ourselves on defense, but the defensive effort tonight let us down. We didn't make any plays down the stretch and they made like 10 in a row.

Richard Hamilton

We pressured the ball, we got into the passing lanes and we forced everything to the baseline. We were great defensively, and that's really all we worried about. We really weren't worried about our offense. We just wanted to come out and make a statement on the defensive end.

We preached all year long what defensive rebounding does. With 3:03 remaining, we were out-rebounding them 38-21. They had six offensive boards. That's the big difference. That's a big key for us.

We play with a lot of defensive pressure every game. There are going to be times where you aren't going to be up. Unfortunately, we weren't up in the first half.

Brad Boyes

When (Whitney) plays well, we're going to be in any game. She probably played more minutes than she has all year because she kept her defensive intensity up.

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.

Walter Kirn

Guns can turn you into an insider even if you're an outsider by nature, recruiting you into a loose fraternity of people who feel embattled and defensive and are primally eager to win allies.