Defense Quotes
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“Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn’t working.”
Adolph Rupp -
The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.
Tom Stoppard
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It did help. I didn't have to think about defense. I felt good today. I felt strong in my last at-bat.
Gary Sheffield -
I'm not going to defend myself the rest of my life.
Gary Sheffield -
It'll be fun, obviously. But I'm really competing against the Indianapolis defense. It'll be exciting and something you always remember because it's the first time we'll ever compete against each other.
Eli Manning -
I think they get it. I finally think they get it. It's not like they've been obstinate, but when you experience success by doing something consistently well - playing defense - then they get it. ... I can't tell you how excited I am about that because I've seen teams have amazing ends to their season when they figure out the value of defending.
Brad Soderberg -
He is always going to ask for more; usually he's right. We have a lot of areas to improve in. Defense is where our problems are.
Udonis Haslem -
Hicks is inch-for-inch, pound-for-pound the toughest player in basketball. We played really good defense against a good ball club.
Rick Pitino
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When he gets on, he causes problems for the defense, steals a base here and there. It's huge for us.
Aaron Rowand -
We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.
Allen Iverson -
Death comes to everyone. We must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam.
Mohammed Omar -
When we get our minds to playing defense, we can turn any game around. I hope we get to a more consistent level of play.
Alonzo Mourning -
The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.
Carrie Chapman Catt -
Optimism is my best defense.
Rod Stewart
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Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'
Conan O'Brien -
When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.
Emily Yoffe -
Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!
Mike Tyson -
But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.
Astrid Lindgren -
Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.
Lester B. Pearson -
If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.
Chael Sonnen
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In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.
Vladimir Putin -
We aren't playing defense and we aren't rebounding the basketball. This has gotten off to a bad start, but we have to find a way to turn it around.
Allen Iverson -
We are taking a look at the use of intelligence, and we're taking a look at the role the Defense Department played, and we're looking at prewar Iraq ... in a careful and deliberate way, because we want to get it right.
J. M. Roberts -
I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.
Eddie Sutton