Defensive Struggles Quotes

First year in the league, I tried to block everything. And I'd foul out. I averaged the most fouls per minute.

In this league, you'll have a good week on defense and the next week get lit up.

I wouldn't want to be a DB in the NFL. They've got no chance. There's no contact down the field, but fans want to see points.

Al Jefferson. One-on-one on the post, man, can't guard him.

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

Our four defensemen all had flaws: one couldn't skate backwards, one couldn't turn to his left, one couldn't turn to his right, and the fourth couldn't pass the puck accurately to our blue line. Somebody had to clear the loose pucks, so I started doing it myself.

I mean, that's playoff hockey. You're not going to dominate every game, you're not going to score every goal.

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

It wasn't an easy decision to leave out Bobo, because I could have done that with two or three from the back four. But there's a limit to the players you have and the changes you can make. The reality is we're not defending well enough. But we just have to plug on. There's no magic formula.

LeBron is not a good defender.

I can guard guys my size and bigger, because, typically, I'm stronger than them, but sometimes guys get by me on the wing. It's not as big a deal because I can recover pretty well and I'll block their shot at the rim, but I hate when guys go past me on the wing. I hate that.

When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender.

Conor McGregor - this guy is so offensive minded and never on the defense that whenever you put him on the defense, he gets so flustered and so upset.