Quotes About Strategy

You have to make sure you have the right people around you to get the right fights, and you're not guaranteed to get the best fights.

Any move is a risk. Nothing is guaranteed in football.

In football, there are no guarantees.

There are no guarantees in football.

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.

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

Something I've come to really admire about Kyrie is that he's always computing out there - he's logging everything that happens, and since nobody can guard him, that's scary to think about.

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.

I love when people try to be physical with me. They think that's the way to try to guard me and to get physical with me. I use that to my advantage.

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.

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

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.

I definitely like the rubber guard. I always try to use it, especially when I'm just grappling or at the gym.

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

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

Struve has great jiu-jitsu and I must avoid that. But when I'm in his guard, I can't be defensive, I have to go for kimuras, americanas and all of that.

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.

What would I do if I were being guarded by Marcus Smart? There's not much you can do!

I've guarded a lot of people.