Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league. — Draymond Green Copy Share Image
I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP. — Joel Embiid Copy Share Image
Every year they are making the game harder and harder for a defensive player to play. — Bobby Wagner Copy Share Image
I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity… — Darius Philon Copy Share Image
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed. — Booger McFarland Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive… — Khalil Mack Copy Share Image
I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
Anytime you're a defensive player and your eyes aren't on your key, you're going to have an issue. — Bret Bielema Copy Share Image
I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing. — Julius Peppers Copy Share Image
It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my… — Rudy Gobert Copy Share Image
The only way you're gonna eliminate helmet-to-helmet contact is to take the helmets off. Go back to leather helmets. I mean, I… — Troy Aikman Copy Share Image
I've never been in this position where I've had to take an 'X' amount of shots, where I've had to focus on… — Jeff Green Copy Share Image
I'm going to be an MVP. I'm going to be Defensive Player of the Year. Not just once, multiple times... And the… — Thon Maker Copy Share Image
In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
Early on when J.J. first started blowing up, I didn't know how to handle it, but now definitely I love it. My… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
More or less, I'm a midfield player but I like to go into the box, and maybe that's why not every defensive… — Kai Havertz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Somebody can always use me. They can always use a dominant defensive player. — Terrell Suggs Copy Share Image
Any time I'm healthy I feel like I'm the best defensive player in the NFL. — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things… — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image
Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year. — Matt Millen Copy Share Image
I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole… — Rudy Gobert Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
I want people to see me as a two-way player. A defensive player and an offensive player. — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats - it's the guy… — Rudy Gobert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor. — Joel Embiid Copy Share Image
Many players don't need trust to be a good defensive player, but for me it's huge that the coaching staff believes in… — Bojan Bogdanovic Copy Share Image
If you're a good defensive player, you should know it's one of four or five plays coming at you, based on formation… — Jason Kelce Copy Share Image
My body of work speaks for itself. I don't need anybody in the media to tell me I'm a good defensive player. — P. J. Tucker Copy Share Image
