Attitude Quote by Brandon Ingram

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 one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

— Metta World Peace

When it's late in a game and things are tough and you need a basket, someone has to step up. That player has to…

— Scottie Pippen

You're going against LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, Paul George. You have to face guys who are ball-dominant, guys who come off screens, someone like C.J.…

— Josh Hart

Your No. 1 priority as a defender is to keep the ball out of the back of the net.

— Kelley O'Hara

On a lot of teams that bottom guy, that weakside defender, is critical if something happens and you're broken down off the dribble or…

— Mike Budenholzer

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

— Paolo Maldini

If I am good on the 3-point shot, they'll have to go over on every screen. After that, it's really tough to defend me.…

— Dennis Schroder

If there is anybody trying to improve his defense, it's definitely me because I know the value of improving my defense to get my…

— Tommy Pham

If you've got a fast and strong defender, on the left, I feel like I can give him trouble going down the line, coming…

— Raheem Sterling

It's a tough situation as a defender to be put in. I understand what they're doing trying to protect quarterbacks. I've been on the…

— Ryan Tannehill

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in…

— Kasper Schmeichel