Jamal Murray Quotes

If we don't start playing better on defense, it's going to be hard. We can't just sit there and win shootouts.

If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you're going to have a chance to win every night. And if you're a great defensive team, you're going to go to the playoffs.

I just play hard on the defensive end. For me, being a good defender is someone who plays very hard on defense and just tries hard.

Defending is easy. You just have to want to defend. It's not like defending is hard. It's just, like, more of an attitude.

I think I stand up more often than I should on defense. I've got to be solid and continue to get better.

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter.

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Defensively, from a team standpoint, I didn't feel I played very well. Very rarely was I satisfied with how I played.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.

For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.

That's how you get better on defense; not just 'oh, man, my guy beat me,' but you have to think about, 'okay, my man beat me, so I either have to pick up the next man, or I'm going to give somebody a foul.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

It's just always been a knack for me to play defense.

Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.

Most of the clubs who have had success against Barcelona have relied on a highly organised and disciplined defence.

I like playing size per position defensively.

I realize I have to continue to work on defense. I think a lot of people have to work on defense.

When you're running next to a guy who's about to lay it up in transition, you just get out of the way because you know Giannis is coming to block it.

Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.

I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.

I really wasn't a good defensive player at all.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.