Defense Quotations | Page 8

Mike stretches the defense out so much. Late in the game I started getting fouled a lot because I started penetrating the middle and guys didn't know whether to help or not because Mike had hit six or seven threes.

Mike Miller just hit some impossible shots. I mean, some of them were indefensible from where I was standing. He made great shots, and they turned up their defense on us.

Mike Maslowski has been an extremely important player for this franchise since '99. He has grown with the Chiefs from his days as an NCAA Division III player, through NFL Europe, to starting linebacker and the most prolific tackler in a single season for this team. I don't think it's a coincidence that our defense began to decline when we lost Mike to injury in 2003.

Mike just stretched the defense out and it created more opportunities for me to drive. He came out so aggressive.

Mitchell had a great game. He had his best game passing ever going 12 for 26 and still rushed for 98 yards. He did great on defense with seven solo tackles and three assisted tackles.

Missing that time and not practicing since right around Christmas, he's very, very rusty. The ability to play him those 16 minutes is going to help us in those next four games. Getting back into the flow of the defense and rebounding will be Monty's most difficult task.

Missile defense has constantly been a challenge because of the technology required to intercept and destroy a warhead in space or on its way back down to Earth. It's a very difficult thing to do.

Minnesota, traditionally, is always a strong team. They always have solid pitching and defense and they play fundamental softball. Their record really doesn't reflect how good they are.

Moments like that are frozen in jurors' minds, and it's going to be very difficult for the defense to overcome the impression that Hannon made.

Molly is probably our most improved player over the past two seasons but she still has big strides ahead. She can cause problems by slipping behind the defense and we could see her get a few more goals as her finishing skills continue to improve.

Moise has great height, speed and skill. And that makes it hard for other teams to handle our defense. The whole defense really plays well together.

Mo has reached the level I hoped she would be at. She?s great on defense and comes up with a lot of steals from her forward position, and that?s pretty rare.

(Mindy) has been working hard all year, and today everything fell into place. The team played good, solid defense behind her and made all the routine plays.

Mr. Halas hired me to coach the defense. That's what I did.

Much of the U.S.-Israel strategic relationship is classified, particularly in the area of intelligence sharing. There are two direct consequences from this situation. First, most aspects of U.S.-Israel defense ties are decided on the basis of the professional security considerations of those involved. Lobbying efforts in Congress cannot force a U.S. security agency to work with Israel.

Mount Notre Dame is a big power and this is going to be our first major test. Our defense has been playing really well, but our midfield and attack passing have got to be better. We've got to communicate well and play together as a team.

Mount Notre Dame is a big power and this is going to be our first major test, ... Our defense has been playing really well, but our midfield and attack passing have got to be better. We've got to communicate well and play together as a team.

(McGrady) played super hard today. He just doesn't make (shots) at home like he makes on the road. I can't explain it. We don't have an inside presence right now (without Yao) to throw the ball into to keep the defense honest. He's trying to make a lot of tough shots while playing big minutes.

Mau had a great first half. But he got worn down in the second half and their defense had a lot to do with it. They are very well coached and did a great job of taking him out of the game in the second half.

Matt was huge on offense and defense. He got into foul trouble early but he continued to battle. On defense I think he must have taken at least four charges.

Maybe we got through some of the nervousness. But I thought my girls played defense the way we have all year.

My job is usually to help the team by playing defense and leading the club. But they were giving me shots, so I had to take them. We all have the green light if we're open.

My kids played extremely hard and they have nothing to be ashamed of. They executed the game plan perfectly, but King's picked up their defense and made it hard for us to get good shots at the end.

My focus will be to put the ball in play, not strike out and move runners. I've always prided myself on being a good production guy. On defense I'll get after it. I'll throw some exciting plays in there.

My first two-goal game was very satisfying, also because playing central defense it is not often that I have scoring chances,

Nobody gave up. That's the difference between this team and teams from the past. We are not going to accept 'no.' We did not play anywhere near our best game. The defense played their butts off for the entire night against a very good offense, and we struggled a little bit. We covered for each other, and that's what a team does.

Neoga is a very good team. They take a lot of pride in their defense just as we do. They are very balanced and very interchangeable. They can shoot from the perimeter or post up. They are very athletic. They remind me of a typical Teutopolis or Effingham St. Anthony team.

No doubt, defense was key down the stretch. I tell you what, Noah Cole is a talented, gutsy young man, and he stepped up and was the difference for Vidor tonight. They are a fundamentally sound team. They're hard to play, especially at their home.

No defense at all. There was no commitment at the defensive end of the floor. Whether it was rebounding the ball, containing the ball or defending the perimeter, we just stopped playing. We quit.

One of the things we wanted to focus on this week was good team defense and rotating to certain spots with the proper effort and we were able to do that.

One of the things that happens when you win all the time is, when you lose in overtime and lose the next night, it feels like you haven't won in months. But it's unreasonable; you can't go through this league without losing. Our discipline was good tonight and our defense really managed the puck.

One of the things that DARPA helps provide is funding to get a technology to a certain maturity level, ... That makes DARPA more important in the rolling out of technologies from the defense industry because the market now demands that maturity.

One of our top priorities of the summer was to re-sign Chris due to the development of his overall game last season. We're excited to see him continue that progress while still giving us the hustle, defense and rebounding that got him to where he is today.

One of our goals is to be in the top 10 in defense. Defense wins games and championships down the road. This team has gutted it out and played very solid defense.

One of our defense teams was named a top 10 team. This is by far the best year we have ever had in youth government. The quality and caliber of the students who participated this year was remarkable.

One of our biggest strengths have been defense and I expect it to stay the same this year. We have a team that have been together for a long time. We can rely on our defense to hold even the best teams to low goal totals, but we need to score more, we need to get forward more and get the ball in the net.

One key is how I handle the pitching staff and get the consistency at the plate. I feel our defense will be there, but we will need timely hits.

One disastrous inning. We're like any other team in the world. When we play good defense, don't walk guys and don't hit guys, we're OK. The eighth was a perfect example of that. The defense let down and all hell broke loose.

One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the first computers in the history of the world which got sold to the Department of Defense for, I don't know, tens and tens of millions of dollars at the time.

One of the better pitchers we have seen all season. It just happened that there in the fifth it started to fall apart for her. Her defense wasn't helping her out too much and it just snowballed from there.

Obviously, we need to keep doing this week in and week out, ... Our defense is playing great football. They give us a chance to make plays.

Obviously, we have to tweak our defense and hopefully score points off that. We have the ability to run.

Obviously, we didn't play very good defense overall. They put the ball in play and made things happen. Luckily, our offense came through." ()

Obviously we started slowly in the second half, it was disappointing, but their defense got after it. They're just a tremendous team. I thought we played a great game today. Obviously Georgia had too many weapons, they had such an inside presence with Humphrey.

Obviously, we regret the base closure commission's decision about Pascagoula, but it's no surprise. As we said when Pascagoula was first put on the list, all the naval vessels at Pascagoula either have been or are scheduled for decommissioning, and it's hard for the defense department to keep a naval base that doesn't have any ships.

Of course people are going to say the weakness is the defense because of the offense. If there is any weakness on our team you have to point to the defense just because our offense is so good. But talent-wise we are going to be fine. We are young but we are good.

Obviously, when you're part of a unit that has had as much criticism as the defense has had, I think it's a motivating factor, ... But what I look at it is the way they've worked, and the way they've trained, and the way they've practiced. We're much stronger up front than we were a year ago, and I think that was one of the problems, one of the big problems. We're stronger, we're bigger, we have better depth. I think that is going to make a difference.

No one is closer to winning the starting job than the other and no one is calling Jose Molina the starting catcher. We'll see how it develops in Spring Training. There is no question about Jose Molina's defense -- that is the strength of his game. Mathis has a more balanced game. We'll see how it goes.

No one plays a similar defense to what we play. I think our guys move around so much it's hard to identify who people are. I think with (the Texans), they kind of show you what they have and then they'll bring a few things off of it.

No one expected her to shoot it, not at all. We played great defense and then it was kind of like nothing else was open and it just went in. Even all of the media up here were shocked. She had her night, she was hitting everything. It was a killer shot for us.

No one ever talks about our defense. Our defense has always been good. But when you have great offensive players like I've coached the last 15 years, it's hard to concentrate on our defense. But our defense has been pretty good.

One thing we have this year is flexibility. We'll be able to move players around. We'll start with the defense we have back, and if we have to move people around, then we will.

One thing we are seeing is decent review in spending. The defense sector is definitely benefiting from that. Their business is improving, their stocks are doing well. My favorite is General Dynamics.

One thing that we're working on is team defense. They work hard, communicate and get everybody involved. It kind of looks like a storm out there sometimes.

One thing that I think we should have done more was run the football. In the past, I've been very stubborn, and we should have given (Bines and Hicks) more chances to carry the ball. We have the ability to run the football and control the clock, and we have to do that and keep our defense off the field.

One thing that I think we should have done more was run the football, ... In the past, I've been very stubborn, and we should have given (Bines and Hicks) more chances to carry the ball. We have the ability to run the football and control the clock, and we have to do that and keep our defense off the field.

My experience with these offenses is that it takes you about a quarter to get used to it. It's kind of like facing the option. Our defense is definitely going to be challenged this week.

My concern is that the initial and the only army investigation was done by the unit concerned...(and) that did not give anyone an objective view of what really happened. What we're asking is for the inspector general of the Department of Defense to take a high-level investigation.

My ego is not that big where I need to feel I'm the missing link to this defense or anything like that. We're playing together and playing as a unit. Guys in the system have gotten better, they're understanding the system more and we're playing assignment football.

My defense played excellent again. Offensively we're in a rut. We need to be able to finish.

My defense is tough. We're in every game because of my defense.

My defense is our key. They're showing people they can dominate. Cuddy is one of the most improved players on the team, and Ballard has been a hidden treasure for us. I can put Toombs anywhere.

My defense is every bit as important as my offense, because I don't want to hurt the team.

My defense in this case will not be technical or legalistic. It will be categorical and absolute.

My defense has definitely gotten a little better. My serve's gotten a little stronger. I've put on four or five pounds, which I think has helped me make it through the long seasons without getting injured. I think all that combined is turning into me feeling more confident when I play Top 10 players like I did today.

My defense bailed me out. I can leave here with my head up high.

My defense at first base is good. I'm not like the typical first baseman who doesn't move well over there. Why do you think I get called the Pick Master?

My arm strength is my biggest advantage. I can throw the ball downfield well. I love playing defense too. I just love the emotion. You can get really excited when you're out there.

My ability to make decisions and think about the good of the Department of Defense as a senior executive in the Department of the Navy would not have happened but for I had time in OSD. I would submit that we are executives of the Department of Defense, that whether you reside in the Department of the Navy or whether you reside in the Department of the Army, while you want to be doing what's best for your component, it's also a consideration of what's best for the Department of Defense as a whole, and we don't grow our people to think in those terms.

More importantly than putting together a string of victories is being able to play consistently on both ends of the floor. Tonight was the first step toward blending good defense and good offense.

More than any defense we've had, this fits Ray's ability. That's scary. The 3-4 maybe didn't suit Ray as well as the other defenses, but he embraced it anyway. ... He's been asked to adjust because of what's gone on around him. That's asking a lot.

More so when I was playing defense in the minors, I'd make a pass up the ice and go off and change. I'd be sitting on the bench and they'd get the goal. They'd review it and you'd hear you got an assist and you were sitting on the bench. It can happen.

Monmouth is a great defensive team or they wouldn't be here. This is the NCAA Tournament and there are a lot of great teams here. We kept our composure. We knew there were times when we weren't going to be able to score, but that's when we relied on our defense to keep us in the game.

More important than that, we know that there was a Defense Intelligence Agency dissent on that testimony even before Colin Powell made his presentation, ... We never heard about that.

More will be deployed in 2006 and 2007. But for operational security reasons the Defense Department will no longer divulge how many interceptors are deployed, only that it is in excess of 10.

More than anything, our team defense hasn't played up to potential.

Money would be taken away from the Department of Defense to fund programs such as a Peace Academy and prisoner rehabilitation, ... The creation of a Department of Peace is a nave and unreasonable approach to dealing with the problems of the 21st century, including international terrorism.

Memorial is a good team that doesn't make a lot of mistakes. We have to learn to play aggressive defense against good teams.

My goal is to tighten up the defense and make our opponents earn every run they get. We have to have a tight defense. Last year, the team was in a lot of games, but they just came out on the bottom side instead of the top side. My goal is to have us in every game.

My heart definitely skipped a beat. The defense held on and really came up big.

My greatest asset is probably my speed and shooting ability. I work hard on my three-point shooting because everyone wants to be a scorer. I use my speed on defense to create turnovers and get easy buckets in transition, and on offense I use it to get an open look.

My family has been thankfully fine, ... We live in Tennessee. But we have many extended family members, friends, that are dealing with some pretty difficult things. So, I've been in touch with a lot of different people like Save the Children and Children's Defense Fund, who are doing wonderful things to help out down there and providing refuge for a lot of people. All you can do is pray, you know?

Maybe it was a lack of our defense. They got a lot of wide-open looks and they missed a lot of wide-open looks, too.

No one with a serious charge can put up a proper defense in the limited time I have received from the public defender's office.

No prediction on the score, because they have an outstanding quarterback., great defense and offense. But I do believe the Cards will prevail.

Now we're getting timely hitting and that's what I feel good about now. The defense isn't where it needs to be to do well in the County tournament, but each game these kids have to grow, and right now we're doing that.

(NU) played excellent defense and got a lot of fast breaks out if it.

Number 50 (McKnight) killed us. Our post defense against him wasn't good.

Now the Defense Office will work to secure defense lawyers for him. He filed a declaration of means and, based on that, the Principal Defender has concluded that he is partially indigent.

Now you see MAC teams playing a lot of Big Ten teams tough. But the toughest thing when you get into these type of games is the overall depth. Recruiting-wise they still get, most the time, who they want. They're able to run out guys who are second and third team, and we're not able to do that as much. Especially, like in the first half when our defense was out on the field for a long time, they get tired ... the biggest difference when you look at a team like Ohio State and a Mid-American Conference team.

Neither of those companies makes a significant portion of their money in the segment. It's a low-margin business. It's not bad business, but it's not going to move the needle more than a big defense contract, (or) maybe even a medium-size defense contract.

Neither Al or I wanted to show much of our offense with district and regional coming up, so that's why we just went bare bones with our plays. We just wanted the kids to attack offense and attack on defense and let the effort speak for itself.

Naturally, there exist concerns about what activist courts might do to undermine these rights and the Defense of Marriage Act, ... But it is premature to amend the Constitution based upon a hypothetical scenario.

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

Obviously they lead the Pac-10 in defense for a reason. At the same time, it's not something we haven't seen this year. To me it was more our lack of execution than what ASU was doing.

Obviously, it didn't start off pretty at 2-3 and tied against Kentucky at halftime. The ball started bouncing our way, defense started getting some fumbles, making things happen and obviously the Tennessee, Arkansas and Florida games were fun for the entire team.

Obviously I'm real happy with the way we are hitting the ball. I think our defense could be a little tighter, but we are on a roll.

Obviously the Dolphins are 0-4 and not happy about that. They haven't been able to put together any drives offensively. If they can get something together offensively, with the great defense they play, they've got a chance to win some games this year, and they've got a chance against New England.

Obviously, the ball is in our court right now. Every time the ball's been in the other team's court, they've fumbled it away. Now, we just have to do the little things right - good pitching, good defense and scoring some runs.

Obviously, the ball is in our court right now, ... Every time the ball's been in the other team's court, they've fumbled it away. Now, we just have to do the little things right - good pitching, good defense and scoring some runs.