Bill Laimbeer 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.

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

Once Liverpool go ahead, they are dangerous because it becomes hard to find space to break them down, especially if you are not playing all that brilliantly.

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 think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a very good defensive team.

The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.

If you're having sequences where you're keeping 20 passes or more, then you're only growing in confidence in the game.

If you have an elite defense, that can be your third star, so to speak.

It looks like our defense is quite a bit better than it has been in the last two years, ... If we can keep it up and stay at least in the middle of the league, that would be significant. We haven't ordered any championship rings yet; two games doesn't make a season. I love the Colorado air. I love the game, the competition, the show.

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.

What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.

Basically, I'm more confident in my whole game.

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

I don't know why, but at the end of games, for some reason, I just get more confident. I just think it's natural. I think it's something I've embraced from a young age.

We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

When the team is doing well, you go with the flow. You get confidence, and you just build on that.

If you have a game where you're under pressure, obviously there are going to be a lot of shots on target, and you're going to make saves, but you can't say you played well in a game where you concede five goals. It's ridiculous.

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

When your teammates trust you to make the right play, your confidence is building as every game goes on.