Defenders Quotes · Page 6

It's not only Van Dijk who can stop Ronaldo. But Ronaldo is good enough to create against really good defenders.

— Ronald Koeman

You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.

— Landon Donovan

I remember the best defenders were Baresi and Cannavaro - you don't have to be really tall.

— Kolo Toure

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

— Boris Spassky

Women are my biggest defenders. It's that bad-boy syndrome. Now girls chase me.

— O. J. Simpson

The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.

— Mark Sheppard

The defenders, they get all psyched up to play against me. I know it means a lot to them if they can…

— Marco van Basten

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty…

— Vincent Janssen

I'll get a nice little break, after doing Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Whether I'm in [his show], I don't know, but…

— Mike Colter

Rudiger loves a physical battle as much as any centre back I've ever seen. He will take that as a compliment, I'm…

— Chris Sutton

I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand…

— Gerard Pique

The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I have kept my promise to the American people by nominating a justice of the United States supreme court judge Neil Gorsuch…

— Donald Trump

King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you,…

— Thierry Henry

I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for…

— Ayelet Waldman

You have some defenders who don't like you and you don't like them. And you know from the first minute, they're going…

— Marko Arnautovic

If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say:…

— Johan Cruijff

Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in…

— Jonathan Schell

Being a part of the finesse and physicality of box lacrosse has been a great experience for me. I feel that I…

— Paul Rabil

To those critics who see capitalism as a system of inegalitarian, oppressive structures, its defenders have vaunted its ability to recognize and…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak…

— Primo Levi

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities,…

— Lord Acton

Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling…

— Rick Riordan

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a…

— Ronaldinho

In Italy they ask a lot of defenders. It's not possible to make a mistake. They're hard on them.

— Matthijs de Ligt

Giggs drops deep into that Sheringham position where he can turn and ride defenders.

— Martin Tyler

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

— Rodney Hood

I watch the defenders in particular and I am an admirer of Mapi Leon.

— Alex Greenwood

It's like after uni when you go to do a master's. Italy is like that for defenders.

— Marcos Alonso

The most rational defender of nature is driven by a passion for wildness that cannot be explained by an appeal to logic.

— Eban Goodstein

Presnel Kimpembe has everything to become one of the best defenders in Europe.

— Thomas Tuchel

The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards.

— Guus Hiddink

I just think it's part of the game for the defenders to try and get you off your game and you just…

— Jozy Altidore

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

— Christopher Hitchens

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.

— Frederic Bastiat

.. the most intelligent defender of capitalism in the modern period is Friedrich Hayek.

— Irving Kristol

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

— Metta World Peace

I'm liking the Bundesliga. There's a lot of top, top defenders that you come across.

— Reiss Nelson