Quotes About Defense

My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.

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

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

I've always been a big fan of what Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott have been able to put together on the defensive side.

I really wasn't a good defensive player at all.

I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.

Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.

When we have a defensive situation in which we are conceding too many goals, it is not just a problem in the defense but the entire team, starting with the coach.

I feel like I can be a great defensive player when I put my mind to it for the whole game, not just half the game.

I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.

I have game-changing defensive abilities.

Firstly, I am somebody who plays in a defensive role, and we need to start with that, but then I need to bring the ball forward and help the attack.

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.

I've definitely gotten better, to where everyone can see that I'm not a defensive liability.

I think it's very important to have a good defensive team.

I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus.

It's not just about your name. It's about what you do for your team and your value on the defensive end of the court. That's all that matters.

I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.

That's one part of my game that never leaves - the defensive part.