The thing for me is my defence: as long as my defence is in good order then I feel the rest of my game can expand from there.
From the bowler's point of view, if I look at a batsman, I don't see his shots, I see his defence. If a player has a strong defence, he is a very good player.
Sometimes, I, anyway, get tired of playing defence, and like to play offence.
Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.
To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.
We dream of a day when India is completely self-reliant in defence production & exports defence equipment worldwide.
I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs.
We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.
A more worldly and competent foreign and defence policy is by far the preferred first line of defence - rather than the default position of relying on expensive but problematic hardware.
For me, as a coach, it is important to put together a team that not only blends but finds the right balance between defence and offence.
I am still not at all in favour of offering any defence. Even if the court had accepted that petition submitted by some of my co-accused regarding defence, etc., I would not have defended myself.
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.
Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.
My applications submitted to the Tribunal regarding my interview during the hunger strike were misinterpreted, and it was published in the press that I was going to offer defence, though in reality I was never willing to offer any defence.