Attitude Quote by Michael Finley

Defense is about will and effort and a certain toughness you have to have.

— Malcolm Brogdon

My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions

— John Wooden

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

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they…

— Anonymous

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very -…

— Rudy Gobert

Whether it's on the steals, on blocks or locking my man down, defense is always going to be there. That's my cornerstone.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I think it's all machismo - 'Come on, you've got to guard your guy, man. If you can't guard your guy, then you can't…

— Nick Nurse

Defense is all about if you want to play or not, if you really take matchups personal. A lot of guys don't. Once again,…

— Jimmy Butler

You have more control of things if you play defense. And you can control how you play defense, too, with effort and preparation.

— Ben Howland

For me, defense is personal. Obviously it's tough to stop people one on one. But when you have that mind set of taking this…

— Josh Hart

Especially going from an attacking player to a defensive player, your whole mindset has to change. You have to work on one-v-one defending versus…

— Crystal Dunn

For me, defense is something that's important.

— Pat Connaughton