Quotes About Offense

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

When I played for the 49ers, we loved to see man-to-man defense. I could get the ball quickly to the receivers.

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

We want to put pressure on the defense.

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

It's something I pride myself on because in the NBA a lot of people are good offensively but you can set yourself apart on the defensive end. I can bring a lot of energy.

If you've got Godin and Chiellini as your centre-backs, then you can have more attacking full-backs, as opposed to defensive ones.

I think the defense is going to dictate how many shots you get.

Jabari Parker is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen on tape. He's so hard to guard. You've got to guard from 23 feet. He can shoot it, or he can go one-on-one from there. He can post. He's so fast and long.

The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender.

When the team's not playing well offensively, it's always a problem for me because I'm not an individualistic player.

That's what we're here for as quarterbacks is to help our team win, lead the offense down the field and put points on the board.

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.

It just depends on what's asked of me, but normally I'm looking to make the right, easy play. So if I can get a teammate a layup, if I can get him an open shot, I just think that gets the ball moving and I feel like it makes everybody feel good and we get into a better offensive rhythm.

I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.

When I come off the ball screen, I'm always trying to draw another defender, so where I can get my teammates open, and if not, I can score the basketball.

You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've got to communicate to your offensive teammates what you want them to do.

I feel like I'm a guy who consistently makes the right play and the right reads offensively and that helps my teammates.

I try to help my teammates, and they help me with the offense. It's good. We play together, and they use my height, and I feel comfortable when I go out on the court.

I don't know if I ever said I'm going to get a lot of offensive rebounds. As far as I can remember that's been something I've done. I'm not sure how that happened. That's a way to help my teammates, so I'm happy doing it.

One of the things that makes the best teams in the world the best is the fact that, across midfield and up top, they are capable of hurting you.