Quotes About Defense

I would defend, just so long as I play.

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.

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

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

Everybody should be defended, and people should be willing to stand with them to let them know that an attack on them is an attack on me.

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

I can be a better defender. It's one of those things where I like to always find something wrong so I can get better.

I'm a good defender, so I like to play defense.

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they say I'm a bad defender.

On a lot of teams that bottom guy, that weakside defender, is critical if something happens and you're broken down off the dribble or you're beat. That person has got to be there.

To play the game at this level, I've got to continue to get better. I've got to stay consistent, still work on my ballhandling and I've got to become a great defender.

Usually I've had two jobs: be the best defender and the best scorer.

Robin is a really good defender, runs well, dribbles the ball and plays hard and does whatever a coach wants him to do.

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've always felt like I've had the tools to be a good defender - long and quick, still working on my strength - I feel like I've had the tools, I just have to go out there and do it.

I think I'm a good defender, for sure.

I believe that I'm one of the best defenders in this league; I take a lot of pride in that.

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

Defenders see things way different than blockers.

A striker scores goals, but the goalkeepers saves them, the defenders close chances down, and all the credit is shared out.

I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.

Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.

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