Defensive Quotes
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
Zubin Mehta
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I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.
Yaya Toure
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We're not putting this one behind us. I'm not so into the standings and all of that. I'm into the quality of play, and for two games in a row, our defensive quality of play was not good enough.
Brad Soderberg
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We got down early, but we executed well on offense. We made defensive plays when we had to.
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones
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I was a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.'
Omari Hardwick
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I thought we had a good defensive first half. We capitalized off the steals and turnovers. I don't think we finished well, but the win tonight was good for our confidence.
Phil Jackson
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He's committed and he wants to get better on the defensive side. I want him to be very responsible. I'm asking a lot out of a 20-year-old kid, but on the other hand, he's playing like an elite player. And he is an elite player.
Bob Hartley
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A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive sale of an argument, if argument arises.
Napoleon Hill
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Now that I'm retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies.
Dan Fouts
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The mould was ready for him this season, but that's the way business goes. His potential is unlimited. But when it comes to the defensive side, we have to make him better.
Bob Hartley
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He has turned defensive boxing into a poetic art. Trouble is, nobody ever knocked anybody out with a poem.
Eddie Shaw
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Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you had him licked before you started shooting.
David McCampbell
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We're a defensive team. We have to be a defensive teams. The other teams that win games are teams that are in the top, defensively.
Eddie Charles Jones
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One thing I definitely experienced up here (New York), that maybe I have to sort of cop to feeling defensive about, is since the election, people in my cohort, who are sensitive to portrayals of people in the movie as classist, have had no problem coming up with those sorts of [middle-American] stereotypes about a phantom real person they can blame for re-electing George Bush.
Philip Morrison
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I think he's improved in all areas of his game. He's always been a good scorer. He has quick hands and he has good defensive instincts. He's the big reason Colorado is doing so well.
Eddie Sutton
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The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary.
Aron Nimzowitsch
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I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.
Lisa Kudrow
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He'll definitely come on and be physical with a linebacker or a defensive back or whoever.
Brady Quinn
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If Michaelangelo made a marble sculpture of a defensive end it would look like Mario Williams.
Dan Dierdorf
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Brittany is a very good defensive player with a strong arm. She is very athletic and one of those kids I could play in the outfield.
J. M. Roberts
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To me death is better than the defensive.
Alexander Suvorov
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One of my goals is to be Defensive Player of the Year. One of my goals is to be Rookie of the Year. And one of my long-term goals is to be walking across that stage with a jacket on and a nice little patch on it that says 'Hall of Fame.'
Mohamed Bamba
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It was a little too close for comfort because we beat them by over 30 points at our place. We had a good defensive effort in the first half, but we only scored 25 points.
Brad Stevens
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Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
Evel Knievel