Quotes About Defense

The jury is out as to whether the Afghans are up to the task of protecting their people.

One thing was crystal clear to me: if you're centre-back, you first of all have to perform your task.

As a member of the Armed Service Committee and a co-chair of the Democratic National Security Task Force, I will continue to work to keep Americans safe at home and abroad.

This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off.

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

Damning taxes is a piece of cake. It's defending them that's hard.

The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.

Defense leaders should be searching for ways to reform out-of-date procurement processes, to collapse layers of Pentagon bureaucracy, and to restrain the growth in personnel and benefits costs. A critical first step in that process should be to conduct a full Pentagon audit to determine how DOD spends taxpayer dollars.

My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.

Iran is not interested in a war. Iran is capable of defending itself and teaching a very harsh lesson to anybody who commits aggression against Iran, but we're not interested.

I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.

If a team concedes a goal, then the first question is always of the goalkeeper.

I'll continue to tackle back. I want to help the team as much as I can, and if I need to get back and defend, I will.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.

I just don't want my offense to carry over to my defense. I want to help the team win and be a team player.

I'm always trying to help the team win. Just trying to help the pitcher out on defense and all those guys who have great at-bats before me, which is why I am in the position to drive in runs.

For me, the best defender I played against was Carles Puyol. He was my teammate, too, but my rival many times. Also, Roberto Ayala, the Argentinian centerback.

It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my teammates every night.

If I don't have shoulder pads, I don't feel I can protect myself, whether it's my shoulders or my teammates.

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.

You mostly defend with your head, always reacting to the movement of opponents and teammates. I had to become more aware of that, play with much more consideration, the way you drive a car: you always need to look left, right, and the rear mirror to see what's going on around you.

I can deal with the criticism of myself. I get mad when people talk about my teammates.