Defender Quotes

Zack is our best defender, our best point guard. It would have been a different game with him in there. - Matt Mahar

You've got great defense and you don't have to double-team the paint. Your energy can be committed to covering other strengths on the court. They're both top defenders and proven offensive players. - George Karl

You're a great defender, man. With those kind of feet, you should be a great defender. - Joe Maddon

Your guys that have scored all year should be scoring in the playoffs, too. (Sioux Falls') two big defenders were doing a good job on them with hooks and holds, but they always find a way to score. - Regg Simon

You need a performance from your defenders and from your goalkeeper, and that's the performance we got. In defining moments, Mark made vital saves at the right time, and that's what we needed. - Steve McClaren

You look at his numbers this year at Triple-A and they're just phenomenal. He's well deserving of the award. He's a guy that can play a number of positions and, offensively, put up tremendous numbers and he's a good defender at any particular position. This is a guy who, even in a non-everyday role, can help any big league club. - Bob Melvin

You know he's going to shoot 50 percent and if he catches the ball in deep, he's going to take care of business. Plus, he's a good defender, as well. He plays the total game. - Mike Dunleavy

You just want to do something. You just want to stand up in a courtroom, even if it's this room, whatever this room used to be... As a public defender, you're in court every day, going to trial every day. You miss that. - Fontenelle

You can't count on shutting [Wade] down. We hope we can give him a hard time like we've done at times before, and a lot of the reason we're able to hope that is because of Kirk. He's just a hard-nosed, tenacious, all-around solid defender. - Scott Skiles