Tom Heinsohn Quotes

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Strikers can't score every week, much as they would like to.

That's the nicest part of football; you can't do everything to stop a player.

'The Memphis Grizzlies' are always a great defensive team and defense is one of my strengths, so I think that's one thing that I can bring to this team.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

You have to win on the ball.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.

It's true that it's good to have a good striker, but you have to win.

Everyone wants to score goals - that's the point of football - but you have to look at the whole situation in detail.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

My job is to throw passes and be a leader.

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football field.