Defensive Quotes

You're going to make and miss shots during the course of a game, but one thing that can't change is your defensive intensity. - Antonio Daniels

You're going to have to come out and get off to a good start defensively and let the game come to you. Get used to the surroundings and the depth perceptions on the baskets. That ought to take half a quarter. - Geoff Salmon

You're going to have nights where the ball doesn't go in the basket, but if you're going to win a championship, you've got to be solid, tough and physical defensively and I don't think we were that, especially in the last 10 minutes of that game. - Jimmy Allen

You're always concerned about how you're going to come out (at the start of a game). You can't always control if the ball goes in or not, but you can control your defensive effort. - Nyla Milleson

Young guys need to be reminded of what it takes to be a good defensive player. I just try to help out and tell guys what other guys told me when I came in the league. - Ron Artest

You'll have to buckle up both chinstraps... You'll have to execute in the passing game and protect against a very good defensive line. ... They don't give up much on defense. - Houston Nutt

You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to not have known that oil prices went up. But if that indeed has a severe impact on economic growth, you'd still have to say that Wal-Mart is a defensive play. It sells the cheap food and consumables that consumers have to replenish. - Bernard Sosnick

You won't hear any complaints from me. You have to play more defensively than you normally might here, but it is what it is and you just have to deal with it and play through it. - Fred Couples

You win games with strong offensive line play, but you win championships with strong play on the defensive line. The play of the freshmen defensive linemen will be important for us. They made great improvement over the course of the season and they will have to keep improving. - Tommy Bowden