If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense…

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play…

— Steve Yzerman

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

— Donte DiVincenzo

If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter…

— Chuck Daly

Yeah, I mean, if you're bracing yourself playing defense, you shouldn't play defense, one.

— Patrick Chung

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others.…

— Jimmy Butler

I wasn't going to play on defense in college.

— Ezekiel Elliott

A big part of defense is effort and moving your feet and a will and wanting to play defense. You put it all together,…

— Kevin Huerter

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart…

— Eric Williams

I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.

— Mike Conley Jr

I can play defense against anybody.

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

This is a physical game, and that's how you have to play. When you do that, the defense eventually gets tired of tackling you.

— Ezekiel Elliott

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which…

— Arlen Specter

I do a lot of things well, I'm very athletic, I play against guys who are also very athletic.

— Andrew Wiggins

“Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf.” Don't play defense with your life. Play offense with your kids, your wife, your life. Don't…

— Mark Batterson

Something like missing a shot, and the next play you're thinking about it, or you give up a play on defense and you're thinking…

— Grayson Allen