Diego Costa Quotes

I don't really focus on the guy that's defending me.

You have to play defense, that's how you win.

When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.

You have to defend properly.

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

Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?

I always try to go in there and stick to my base, which is the defensive end, and then just let the offense come to me.

We're defenseless, I know we play defense, but we're defenseless when we're not looking at the guy who's blocking us or when the guy's come out and cut out our knees from underneath us.

We want to put pressure on the defense.

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.

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

Defense is natural. Defense is a reaction. Offense - you've gotta do the moves; you've gotta get it down pat.

The prevent defense prevents victory.

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.

We have to let our defense dictate our offense.

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.

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.

Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.

We bring the fight to the enemy so that they don't bring it to us.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

I think that my offense comes from what I do with my defense.

I want to make sure the other point guard can't start his offense until 12 or 13 seconds. Then I've put my team in position to defend just one pick-and-roll and one pass.

I feel I am a total defender.

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

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.