Better Quote by Daniel James

I look at it this way: If the defender gets the chance they'll lay it on you. So for the most part I just…

— Tavon Austin

With a lot of defenders, if I go up for a header, the defender will usually go up too.

— Andy Carroll

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you…

— Oscar Robertson

I know my game is about trying to get past players and I know that if a bad tackle is coming my way, I…

— Adama Traore

As a defender, it's really important to communicate with the players in front of you and next to you. It makes it easier for…

— Matthijs de Ligt

Being a midfielder, I need to get up and down, whether it's to get back and defend or get away from my opposite number.…

— Aaron Ramsey

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

Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.

— Deshaun Watson

If someone says something to me, I am not going to back down. Whether it's defending myself or standing up for one of my…

— James Anderson

If you're guarded, you drive the ball or move the ball and make a quick decision, and help someone else.

— Tom Thibodeau

I am a defender, but I can play the ball. I have a good technique.

— Toby Alderweireld

As a defender, how much ground I cover isn't up to me. I'm defending against a forward, so her movement determines my movement.

— Becky Sauerbrunn