Quotes About Defense

Growing up in Australia and the way I was raised, my dad told me to play as a team and to be a team player. You have five guys on the court. It's easy for five guys to defend one guy. It's hard to guard five. It's just a natural thing to do.

I'm the best guard in this league, defensively, man, hands down.

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

When I played, I just wanted to guard the best player, and I didn't want him to score. That was just it, just competing. Along the way, it just kept building that I could be a great defender.

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

Special ops isn't the answer to everything. Special ops is not the main guard.

When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems.

For us to be a really good team, everyone has to guard.

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

I'm strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.

Esthetically, let's move the ball. Let's guard people. Let's fight.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

I try to use my athleticism and my strength to be able to guard bigger guys, and being able to guard bigger guys is going to get me more minutes on the floor.

We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.

Unfortunately, I've been burned a lot. So I have my guard up.

It's hard to guard somebody like myself. It's tough.

You've got to be able to guard hard and then work yourself offensively to get shots.

There's not a lot of guys in this league who are tough for me to guard. It's a short list.

There are so many pick and rolls in an NBA game. It's so hard to guard.

To me, a big man has to be able to guard on the perimeter.

Obviously teams know, and everyone in the league knows how much I like to touch the paint. And with them having to guard my 3-point shot, it'll only make it easier for me to touch the paint.

I played center but if I didn't have to guard guys damn near twice my size every night, I was free to roam around and do a lot more. I could guard the perimeter.