Defense Quotes

“Ignorance is not a defense.”

— Andrew F. Branca

That whole defense.

— Foo Fighters

Defend me, God, from myself

— Spanish Proverb

Right is its own defense.

— Bertolt Brecht

Innocence is its own defense.

— Benjamin Franklin

Optimism is my best defense.

— Rod Stewart

We've got to play defense.

— Luka Doncic

Before fire, I become water.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I like to play defense. That's my niche.

— Aaron Gordon

Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.

— Scottie Pippen

“leaders of the defense gathered.”

— Maral Boyadjian

I trust my ability to play in any defense.

— Eric Reid

I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.

— Mike Conley Jr

We have to let our defense dictate our offense.

— Kyle Lowry

Whatever the defense gives us, we're going to take it.

— Julio Jones

Social awkwardness is not a sin, in defense of liberty.

— Matt Kibbe

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

— Bill Laimbeer

The principle of self defense is an American tradition that began at Lexington and Concord.

— Robert F. Williams

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

— Leonardo Bonucci

That's the best thing about playing defense. I get to see somebody else but myself get mad.

— Ken Griffey Jr

Wipe out the entire defense potential remaining to the Soviets.

— Adolf Hitler

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.

— Torii Hunter

“Best offense is the one that fails to trigger the best defense.”

— Daniel Gilbert

That's the main thing on defense: focus, patience and staying as one unit.

— Eric Bledsoe

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a…

— Rene Cassin

My male colleagues sometimes wonder if I understand as much about defense as I ought to. Of course if I agree with…

— Nancy Kassebaum

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt…

— Alfred Hitchcock

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was…

— Tim Hawkins

Michael Flynn not exactly cut from that cloth. Someone who has very strong views about almost everything in the realm of national…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The defense of ObamaCare's constitutionality relies mainly on the truism that everyone is sure to get sick at some point in their…

— John Podhoretz

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and…

— Bobby Knight

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this,…

— Marcus Aurelius

There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the…

— David Frost

“Suddenly finding myself imprisoned in the ruins of the fortresses I created, I realize that that which I built to protect me…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Every time you have an opportunity of opening a school, its fee and funding is really relatively small in comparison with the…

— Amartya Sen

I've never had a quarterback run-driven offense. We don't run designed plays where we snap the ball directly to the quarterback and…

— Chip Kelly

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as…

— Jim Garrison

To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such…

— Ben Bernanke

I think in that context, when a generation of kids is that ignorant of their recent history, it does a good job…

— Julien Temple

If you're a great defensive player, you're a great defensive player 100% of the time. You can't be a great defensive player…

— Doc Rivers