A Quote by Eric Reid
I pride myself on knowing the defense.
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I try to take a lot of pride in what I can do in terms of knowing the defense.
A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something I really pride myself on.
I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on.
The biggest thing in terms of route running for me is knowing what the defense is in, knowing the coverage. Once you know the coverage, now you can start manipulating the defense. You can start to kind of trick them in where you're going to go and where you want to get open.
I pride myself on what I do every night. I pride myself on my work ethic and how I carry myself. I want to be mature in my approach but focused and disciplined.
I was a defense attorney before I was a prosecutor, and so knowing what the defense is going to try to do is something that you have to do constantly when you're in trial. I always went to trial knowing what they were doing. So I was always in both mindsets anyway. 'Oh, they're going to do this, then I'm going to do that.'
Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.
I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.
Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.
As the name of the agency suggests, 'Department of Defense,' the defense refers to the United States of America - not the defense of South Korea, not the defense of Ukraine, not the defense of Syria or Germany.
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves; in pride of lineage so great as to despise no man's father; in pride of race so chivalrous as neither to offer bastardy to the weak nor beg wedlock of the strong, knowing that men may be brothers in Christ, even though they be not brothers-in-law.
That's one thing I pride myself a lot more now, playing defense, I do what the team needs me to do. If we need a stop, I'll do it. That's a major, major part of my game now.
My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.
I pride myself on being a family man. I pride myself on being respectful and hardworking. That's just me.
I think I do a pretty good job preparing myself. That's something I take pride in - being prepared and knowing what each individual guy is responsible for. I can point at guys and let them know what they're doing if they have questions.
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