Defensive Pride Quotes

The competitive spirit of basketball is slowly leaking out. Taking pride in one-on-one defense is slowly leaking out. It's more about selling calls and flopping.

Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.

We view our atomic arsenal as proudly and as devotedly as any pioneer ever viewed his flintlock hanging over the mantel as his children slept, and dreamed.

We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something I really pride myself on.

The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.

I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.

It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my teammates every night.