Defense Quote by Jabari Parker

People just don't want to pay to see players diving around.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

A lot of players were going to Europe, but there were always stories of teams not being able to pay, and the players and…

— Anne Donovan

It's great having a good academy, but if you can't pay the players you're producing, what's the point of it?

— Alun Wyn Jones

I've scored 30s and 20s off of guys who say they try to play defense.

— Jabari Parker

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

— Donte DiVincenzo

If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter…

— Chuck Daly

Yeah, I mean, if you're bracing yourself playing defense, you shouldn't play defense, one.

— Patrick Chung

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others.…

— Jimmy Butler

I wasn't going to play on defense in college.

— Ezekiel Elliott

A big part of defense is effort and moving your feet and a will and wanting to play defense. You put it all together,…

— Kevin Huerter

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart…

— Eric Williams

I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.

— Mike Conley Jr

I can play defense against anybody.

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

This is a physical game, and that's how you have to play. When you do that, the defense eventually gets tired of tackling you.

— Ezekiel Elliott

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which…

— Arlen Specter