Kyle Walker Quotes

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

I never like being hit without striking back.

You've got to control the agenda. You've got to be on the offensive.

New York and I are not punching bags. You hit us and we will hit back.

I place a lot of value on pace of the game, going after people... always be the aggressor and forcing the issue a little bit when we have the ball, and when we don't have it, we want to come at you, too.

Sometimes I feel like my defense is so elite that sometimes my offense gets put on the backburner.

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.

Defense doesn't matter enough.

There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well.

You have more control of things if you play defense. And you can control how you play defense, too, with effort and preparation.

I take what the defense gives me, and I roll with it.

There's nobody in the world I wouldn't fight.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

I'll knock down the open jumper when it's there, but I want to get after it on the defensive end.

If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction.

Isn't the best defense always a good attack?

In case of doubt, attack.

First and foremost my obligation is on the defensive side. But obviously there are times when I need to go and attack, too.

I don't think of us as defending ourselves. I think of us as a challenger, an attacker.

My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.

Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.