Quotes About Competition

In the NBA, if you can't defend your position, they're going to go at you over and over again.

I wanted to defend my British Title but no one would step up to fight me.

It's good to defend a player that's as fast as me because I have to learn.

Strength is never a negative. The stronger you are, the more you're able to defend. The more physical you are, the better you are. The top teams in the NBA are the most physical teams, too.

Champions win and defend it wherever they need to defend it.

If the championship has to be defended, the championship has to be defended.

Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

I have scored against every team, every country, every defender in the world.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

I think Serie A has always been a goal of mine to play in one day, because as a defender if you get the chance to experience Serie A you want to do it.

Do I want to be the best defender in Europe? Of course. Any defender will tell you that - who wouldn't want to be the best?

There's no bigger stage than this, so each and every night, every opportunity I get, I'm gonna try to prove and show the world that I'm the best perimeter defender in the NBA.

I look at it this way: If the defender gets the chance they'll lay it on you. So for the most part I just try to go out there and bring it to them like they would try to do to me.

I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.

Since my early days, I've been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.

I've pretty much adjusted to how teams play. Like when I draw two defenders, I want to make the best play possible.

Positional play is good for training, but in games, to win matches, you need someone who can go past defenders and take chances.

You want to play against the best defenders and the best teams. You want to test yourself.

You have some defenders who don't like you and you don't like them. And you know from the first minute, they're going to do everything to take you out of the game.

I'm liking the Bundesliga. There's a lot of top, top defenders that you come across.

Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.

I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.

I love coaches that think more about attacking than defending. As a football fan, I think that's wonderful.