Paul Pierce Quotes

LeBron is not a good defender.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

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

The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats - it's the guy that also has an impact on his teammates and leadership.

Back home, if you get scored on, you're the weak link. When I started getting good, they were like, 'If you're going to play on our team when we go play pick-up, and you start getting scored on, we're not going to let you play anymore.' I started learning how to help other people out with my defense.

Defensively, I think I'm very versatile, I can guard different positions.

Ideally, you want a defender with Premier League experience.

I personally like the way John Stones plays because I think he's a great defender.

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

I bring a lot to a team. I bring immediate impact. As far as my skillset, I can attack defenders in multiple ways and get my teammates involved.

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

Everybody knows that I can play defense. I've showed at times that I can score, but I just think they want to know, 'How consistent are you in your moves?'

I think I'm underrated on defense. I try to use my length and feet and put pressure on players.

Going to Golden State, I really fine-tuned everything on defense, which is important because the NBA is moving away from standard bigs and going toward bigs that can switch and things like that.

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.

To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.

Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone ... whose best days are ahead of him. He's not coming off his best [offensive] season, but we still think there is some ceiling on him. He has outstanding makeup and calls a good game. [He's] a solid receiver with a plus arm, and he's going to be coming to camp with a chance to open some eyes.

Lahm is a scandal. He is super-intelligent, understands the game brilliantly, knows when to come inside or to stay wide. The guy is f****** exceptional

Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.

Russel Westbrook is a guy that impacts the game maybe like no other player in this league.