Defender Quote by Matthijs de Ligt

In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow…

— Clyde Drexler

I look at clips of defenders, if they are aggressive or not, what they are good at, what they are bad at, and try…

— Ollie Watkins

For me, the key to using the stiff-arm is when you feel a defender is closing on you and at the last second he…

— Demaryius Thomas

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

— Toby Alderweireld

I'm a defender but I really enjoy to have the ball in all situations.

— Joel Matip

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

Defenders tend to leave me open on the elbow and when I step out, so it was only the smart thing to do to…

— Brittney Griner

For whatever the reasons may be, a lot of teams try to target me as a defender from a standpoint of assuming I'm not…

— Pat Connaughton

I'm a defender. I'm there to defend.

— Ruben Dias

I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes,…

— Eden Hazard

I don't have a problem with any defenders. I've always played against great defenders.

— Diego Costa

I just play hard on the defensive end. For me, being a good defender is someone who plays very hard on defense and just…

— Yuta Watanabe