It starts in the beginning - Roberto Firmino, for example, is like the first defender. — Joel Matip Copy Share Image
I'm a defender, and my first job is to make the team secure at the back; that's my primary responsibility. — Cesar Azpilicueta Copy Share Image
I don't care how good of a defender you are, if your team isn't getting wins, you aren't going to get D-POY. — Aaron Gordon Copy Share Image
I think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor. — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool. — Dejan Lovren Copy Share Image
With a lot of defenders, if I go up for a header, the defender will usually go up too. — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
“I never think of myself as an attacker, only as a defender - usually of rights - mine and others.” — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
To be honest I'm not a defender who uses their arm so much. You have a lot of defenders who use their… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
Shkodran Mustafi is a great choice, he's a great defender with lots of experience. He played with the German national team so… — Michel Salgado Copy Share Image
I've always felt I had the ability to be a good, elite defender in this league on the wing. I just need… — Zach LaVine Copy Share Image
At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right… — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways:… — Devin Booker Copy Share Image
That's what you do as a federal public defender. You are standing up for the constitutional value of representation. — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
I just play hard on the defensive end. For me, being a good defender is someone who plays very hard on defense… — Yuta Watanabe Copy Share Image
I run my routes like a crossover dribble. It's about taking angles, faking one way but going the other, and being savvy.… — Le'Veon Bell Copy Share Image
As a defender, it's really important to communicate with the players in front of you and next to you. It makes it… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how… — Doug Collins Copy Share Image
I've always liked taking the ball out of defence and I will carry on doing that but at the end of the… — John Stones Copy Share Image
As a defender, you can be many shapes and sizes. You can be short and fast. Or you can be tall and… — Fabio Cannavaro Copy Share Image
I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come… — Xavi Copy Share Image
You're going against LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, Paul George. You have to face guys who are ball-dominant, guys who come off screens, someone… — Josh Hart Copy Share Image
The key is developing your game in both directions: in the build-up, joining the attack at the right moment and also in… — Philipp Lahm Copy Share Image
I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender. — Jerome Boateng Copy Share Image
Your No. 1 priority as a defender is to keep the ball out of the back of the net. — Kelley O'Hara Copy Share Image
When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
As a defender you don't have the licence to push on and join in attacks. — Reece James Copy Share Image
