David Fizdale Quotes

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

I just try to make the right play, stay aggressive and defensively just do what I do. I make sure I talk to everyone and control the paint.

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

My focus is to start my game with my defense every night.

I don't back down. Like, I don't know how to flop. That's never been a part of my game. For me to know if a guy likes to turn left shoulder or right shoulder in the post, I have an advantage. Or if he likes to go left all the time, I have an advantage. Or if he can't make open jump shots, I have an advantage.

When I go on the basketball court, I don't think about who's guarding me.

When you play defense what happens is everybody pays attention and they start talking about how you're the stopper, you can stop this guy. All of a sudden your game gets better on the offensive end and you become that versatile guard that everybody wants.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

Not all players want to play defense. You get in foul trouble, you're going to be on the bench.

You have to defend the perimeter guys otherwise you're going to struggle getting playing time or staying on the court.

I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

That's been my challenge. Go out there and guard the best player and get it done on both ends. It's been working out pretty good for me. Just got to keep that thing going.

If you can hang in games by staying close defensively, then good things can happen.

I had watched Magic my whole career, even before my career, and so I knew the style of player that he was, and I knew what I had to do to prohibit him from being as effective on the basketball court as he had been throughout his career.

Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.

That's how you win - pitching and defense.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

You try to say every week that you're facing a faceless opponent. No matter who it is, you want to have the same mindset, no matter what type of game it is - first game of the season, last game of the season.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

I've talked to a lot of NBA superstars and legends about how I can improve my IQ offensively and defensively.

My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.