Gerald Green Quotes

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.

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

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

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

The bigs are there on the help-side if the guy goes by me, and I'm able to switch to other offensive players.

The important thing to understand, from my point of view, is if the opponents break our lines and they are attacking our box, something has gone wrong, and it is me who has to fix it. But fouls in football are normal. You have to do it sometimes.

Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

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

Anytime you're a defensive player and your eyes aren't on your key, you're going to have an issue.

Being a presence on the defensive end, I know that's important to me, I have to establish that.

You look at Kawhi Leonard, Tony Allen, Draymond Green: they are great on ball, and they are great team defenders as well. You want to be both of them, not just one.

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

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

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 think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor.

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

I'm a defender, and my first job is to make the team secure at the back; that's my primary responsibility.

I like consistency in defenders.

I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.

I'm a defensive-minded player.

I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.

When you go 18 games unbeaten people will say 'wow he's really good' but when you make mistakes they will point the finger at the back four.

I need to work on defensive play and being consistent.

You can play hard. You can play aggressive. You can give 120% but if one guy is out of position then someone is running through the line of scrimmage and he is going to gain a bunch of yards.