...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the…

The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.

— Dean Smith

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about…

— Bill Belichick

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about…

— Bill Belichick

I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin,…

— Harlan Coben

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

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

— Shaquille O'Neal

That's one thing I pride myself a lot more now, playing defense, I do what the team needs me to do. If we need…

— Chris Bosh

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

— John Madden

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

— Shaquille O'Neal

When covering the man with the ball, the defense should be able to touch the ball with his hand. He should assume this touching…

— Ralph Miller

Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

— Mike Krzyzewski

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

— Mike Krzyzewski