Defence Quote by Fred VanVleet

You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive team, you…

— Jerry West

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play…

— Steve Yzerman

You don't want to be one of the bottom five teams in defense throughout a season and then just expect it to turn around…

— De'Aaron Fox

In the regular season you always say, 'Take it one game at a time.' But the playoffs, they kind of make you do that.

— Joe Flacco

If you commit to the defensive end of the floor, you're going to have a chance to win every night. And if you're a…

— Frank Vogel

A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something…

— Kevin Knox

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about…

— Bill Belichick

If you can get your team to that point of being able to be in that playoff race mindset every week, that's something that…

— Kevin Harvick

You can't just score more points than last year without playing defense.

— Charles Oakley

The playoffs are a different animal, and any team can beat you on any day.

— Trevor Bauer

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to…

— J. B. Bickerstaff

I can play defense against anybody.

— Kelly Oubre, Jr