Quotes About Defense

I'd be all for everybody keeping their sidearms if they're in the military and on a military installation. That's something we need to get back to.

At Kentucky that was my biggest improvement, being able to guard.

The key to guarding Kevin Durant is to play really good team defense. One on one, it's just tough. So you try to get all five guys to play against him.

The hardest guy I had to guard: Hakeem Olajuwon. No one can guard Hakeem. And then, Kevin McHale.

I like Kevin Durant's game! Ain't nothing he can't do. Shoot. Has a handle. Plays D. Scores at will.

I don't need any accolades. I don't like being famous. But I can always tell people I used to defend guys like Kevin Durant, and they respect my defense.

Guarding Kevin Durant - that's fun for me.

He's a great shot-blocker. So once you go in there, you've got to either get into his body and get an and-one, or you've got to drive and kick. It's not all about trying to force the shot over a shot-blocker like Nerlens Noel. You've got to kick it.

You better not kick a field goal if you have a lousy defense.

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.

It's just always been a knack for me to play defense.

Brook's always had a knack for putting the ball in the bucket, and I would have to go out there and try to stop him. That would be my thing.

I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat.

I'll knock down the open jumper when it's there, but I want to get after it on the defensive end.

Defenders tend to leave me open on the elbow and when I step out, so it was only the smart thing to do to start to knock down the shots so they can't leave me open up there.

Floyd's defense is very good, and at times it is hard to hit him. That's why I want to knock him out.

Having your hands up doesn't stop you from getting knocked out and there are a lot of advantages to having your hands down. It's also more exciting because it looks very impressive from the fans' perspective, which is a big factor in the entertainment business.

I'm not going to let Kobe throw elbows at me.

Whitaker is much better. De La Hoya hits hard, and he's fast, and he comes in with a lot of force. But he has to learn how to fight, and Whitaker is very difficult.

A lot of people label me as not a defender for some reason. I don't know why.

He was like this when I got here?' That's you alibi?

It is impossible to present the basic conflict by simply showing it in operation in a number of individuals. Because of its disruptive power the neurotic builds a defensive structure around it which serves not only to blot it from view but so deeply imbeds it that it cannot be isolated in pure form. The result is that what appears on the surface is more the various attempts at solution than the conflict itself.

Think you two puny Druids can hold this keep for a single night?