Defensive Quotes · Page 5

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

— John Boorman

I prefer to play in midfield, whether that is attacking midfield or defensive midfield.

— Marouane Fellaini

I want people to see me as a two-way player. A defensive player and an offensive player.

— Avery Bradley

Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.

— Melvin Maddocks

“It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.”

— John Christopher

I'm a little territorial and defensive. I don't like having my space invaded.

— Shia LaBeouf

You don't want to give the defensive back any signals about what route you're going to run.

— Amari Cooper

I love playing defensive end. It's the position I played in high school.

— Carl Nassib

More quarterbacks are hurt in the pocket than anywhere else. Who would you rather get hit by - a 295-pound defensive lineman…

— Randall Cunningham

“Defensive management is blind to recognizing how obsessing about preventing bad things also prevents good things from happening or sometimes even prevents…

— Scott Berkun

I just think I've got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I'm aggressive on the defensive end…

— Jae Crowder

I will have a defensive back on my side, and Peyton will place it in the perfect spot. It's something I had…

— Demaryius Thomas

There's a lot more work in the Premier League. You have to a lot more defensive work as a team than, for…

— Timo Werner

Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was…

— Gene Tunney

Holly Holm was a boxer for a long time, and Leslie Smith comes from muay thai. It's different. Holly is more defensive,…

— Cris Cyborg

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's…

— Samantha Morton

Richard Sherman's my favorite defensive player, so it's cool to be talking with him, hanging out with him.

— Mike Evans

I want to be on one of the NBA All-Defensive teams. That's a big goal for me.

— Josh Hart

When you've got guys touching the ball on the offensive end, they're really into the defensive end.

— O. J. Mayo

Any time I'm healthy I feel like I'm the best defensive player in the NFL.

— Tyrann Mathieu

My role is to be a defensive player, and that's what I try to do. Whatever offense comes to me is a…

— Shawn Bradley

To aspire and realistically have a chance to be a better defensive team, you've got to get better defensive players.

— Rick Carlisle

I've had so much great teaching, and I'm one of the best defensive players to ever play the game on the wing.

— Metta World Peace

I've been trying to work on my positioning and defensive game.

— Thomas Vanek

We can't get down on one loss or one bad defensive play. We gotta play through it.

— Jamal Murray

Me having the same defensive coordinator in back-to-back seasons... I am only going to get better.

— Leighton Vander Esch

There are not a lot of true defensive ends like there used to be.

— Ron Rivera

I was a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.'

— Omari Hardwick

You certainly grow up on the defensive when you're related to America's most pilloried 20th-century president.

— Margaret Hoover

You start talking about God and a lot of people are going to become very defensive.

— Ron Perlman

Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.

— Gary Lineker

I've played all over, to be honest. Centre-half, defensive midfield, attacking midfield.

— Jack Rodwell

I was lucky enough at Stanford to have Vic Fangio as the defensive coordinator for a year, and then Jason Tarver.

— Andrew Luck

Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.

— Jorge Valdano

I feel like I can be a great defensive player when I put my mind to it for the whole game, not…

— John Wall

I don't believe there's ever been a team that's won a title in the NBA that hasn't been a good defensive team.

— Rick Carlisle

The first reaction is, get defensive. Second reaction is, what are we going to do about it?

— Henry Blodget

I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

— Richard Griffiths

... to be human is to be on the defensive, somewhere, somehow.

— Corra May Harris

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

— Michael Strahan