Load Quote by Kelvin Sampson

Sometimes it is difficult to play against teams who just drop back and try to defend.

— Sadio Mane

Sometimes the games just pan out that way. One team is putting pressure on the other and when you are under pressure, you have…

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

When everybody's focused on defense and playing well, it's going to be easier on everybody.

— Brandon Crawford

Your offense might not be great every game, but defense is just about working hard and outworking your opponents.

— Charles Oakley

I think that's part of building your team is trying to anticipate where your team is going and to a certain extent where, especially…

— Bill Belichick

If we play defense the way we're supposed to and we play defense the way we do here in practice, we should have no…

— Karl-Anthony Towns

We hope to do very well, ... If the [corners] can hold up, then we can do a lot more with the people inside.…

— Kevin Ross

Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves.

— Blake Griffin

It's the NFL, there is a lot of good defenses our there.

— Mac Jones

At the end of the day, if I can keep playing defense, I'm going to be able to stay on the floor, and obviously…

— Joe Ingles

We've got to play defense.

— Luka Doncic

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