Chris Bosh Quotes

The prevent defense prevents victory.

Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.

Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.

There is no second baseman in the game who can turn the double play better [than Mark Lemke]. Why are people always looking for offense at that position? What's more important is getting outs, and turning the double is a huge factor in getting outs.

I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.

I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.

Defending isn't just about tackling and heading, it's also about getting the ball down and playing - starting the attack from the back.

Any team, if you can rattle the quarterback you have an opportunity to win the game.

There's two sides to the game, and you have to do the ugly side as well. If you're getting beat, and you're conceding the goals that we're getting beaten by, then it's because you're not defending and shutting people down well enough.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

You have to make the strikers fear you. Make it difficult for them to get on the ball and go into different areas. That makes my job easier.

I look at like this: Any player I guard, long twos or shots like that, if they make them I still think that's good defense. You can't make those shots at a high percentage the whole game. It's just hard to make long two-pointers, step-backs, fadeaways, off-the-dribble crossovers.

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others. I wish I could say I want everybody to play defense as hard as I do. It's not a reality.

There's two facets of this game. You know, if I'm not making shots, OK, then I have to do something on defense. So if I'm missing shots or making shots, it doesn't affect my overall game.

We always think we can get to the quarterback, put pressure on him.

When you play the top sides you cannot afford to be as open as 4-4-2 can leave you. Consequently teams adapt their formation.

Don't give them 3-point shots if that's what they're trying to do and embarrass you in any way.

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.

Whoever I'm playing against, I go in and try to stop their best scorer and try to get myself going on the offensive end.

I don't go into a game thinking I'm going to run more than I'm going to pass. So it just depends on what the defense is going to bring in the situation of the game and what happens that play.

Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

With all the talk of the 3-point line, it's still most important to build your defense inside to out.

The game changes when you play good defense and don't come up with the ball.