Hard Quote by Aaron Donald

As a competitor, you always want to go against the best, so whoever guards me, I'm hoping it's the best defender from the other…

— Tyler Herro

I'm going to do the best for my team, whoever I guard.

— Aaron Gordon

This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

— Peggy Fleming

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming…

— Philip Rivers

With me being able to guard multiple positions - and a lot of teams are switching things, like the pick-and-roll and off-ball screens -…

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I do whatever the team needs to do on offense or defense, whatever it is to win. And I'm a competitor.

— Zion Williamson

Goal of mine is to make first team All-Defense. The way you do that is guarding the best players.

— Tristan Thompson

I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody…

— Brad Marchand

I think, more importantly, it's about who is your core team? Who are the people around you that are going to fight for you…

— Jillian Hervey

Firstly, defend for the team. That's what I put my mind on.

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

If you want to be a good team, you have to play against the best teams. For me, personally, I want to have tough…

— Goran Dragic

I'm a defender, and my first job is to make the team secure at the back; that's my primary responsibility.

— Cesar Azpilicueta