Decision Quote by Tom Thibodeau

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

— Rajon Rondo

Ball security is important in football, period, no matter what position you play.

— Sony Michel

Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.

— Raheem Sterling

The defense will tell you who shoots the ball. If it comes down to them trying to take the ball out of my hands,…

— Karl-Anthony Towns

When you get the second defender on the ball, their responsibility is to get rid of it, to make plays for their teammates.

— Tom Thibodeau

When you're a little kid, you want the ball. You don't want to play defense. When you get the ball, basically you can do…

— Champ Bailey

Your No. 1 priority as a defender is to keep the ball out of the back of the net.

— Kelley O'Hara

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in…

— Kasper Schmeichel

A team doesn't have the ball for 90 minutes. It is about the recoveries. I do my best to do that and help the…

— Joao Moutinho

If I get a chance to make a play on the ball, I take advantage of it.

— Demaryius Thomas

If I lose the ball, I want to get on it as quickly as possible and make up for it, whereas before, I would…

— Raheem Sterling

In certain situations, you have to be able to be more conscious of ball security than you do in the open field.

— Travis Kelce