Quotes About Competition

I don't think of us as defending ourselves. I think of us as a challenger, an attacker.

Some people say there is a beauty about defending. Beauty is nice, but the most important thing is success.

I don't really focus on the guy that's defending me.

I have never really liked defending, chasing people.

Modern football is like handball. You see 11 players defending on the edge of their own area.

Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

I always root for the defense.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

I want to play defense. I want to get sacks.

If I'm playing bad, then I know we're not winning a lot of games, and we're definitely not No. 1 in pass defense.

There's always going to be a way for me to go around a defense or play mind games and find a way to win.

Defense is all about if you want to play or not, if you really take matchups personal. A lot of guys don't. Once again, that's the league that we're in. That's not the league that used to be.

Sometimes it happens, especially if you're a shooter. They say that you can't play great defense.

I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.

You can't win championships without playing great defense.

When I played for the 49ers, we loved to see man-to-man defense. I could get the ball quickly to the receivers.

The game changes when you play good defense and don't come up with the ball.

New York basketball is about defense.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

You still have to be able to throw the ball and play good defense to win a championship.

You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.

In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow and a hand on you and is a strong defensive player.