Avery Bradley Quotes

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

Defense doesn't matter enough.

Defense is the thing we can control and bring every night. But I want to be great on both ends.

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

When I get in there, I'm not really worried about scoring. I'm just worried about playing as hard defense as I can play, making my opponent work, and then I know the offensive end will open up for me. I've been a scorer all my life, so that's what I try to pride myself on. It feels good.

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.

I always felt defense was a big part of my game.

Both sides of the game, defensively and offensively, are important.

Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

I feel like winning starts with defense and rebounding.

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

Defense is gonna help me in particular and help my team, so that's what I've really focused on.

Playing defense hard gets me going offensively.

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

How are they defensively, attacking-wise?

One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Pitching is a priority.

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.

We cannot put limitations on ourselves to protect ourselves. We have to put limitations on the enemy.

His enemy must not know his weaknesses, but he must know the weaknesses of his enemy; as the tortoise (hides its limbs), even so let him secure the members (of his government against treachery), let him protect his own weak points.

Not only the attackers, but the defenders - it's on the attackers to prepare themselves to break through the strong defense.

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.