A Quote by John Stones

I've always liked taking the ball out of defence and I will carry on doing that but at the end of the day I'm a defender, and that's what I want to be known as - a defender, getting in the blocks and the headers that people don't recognise I do, the dirty stuff that every defender should do and should be good at.

John Stones

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John Stones
English - Athlete
Born: May 28, 1994

I was really good, I had a coach who said to me, 'If you want to be a top player, you will need to play as a central defender. If you want to be a good player, you will be a midfielder.' I think he was wrong but, maybe as a central defender, I could be much better, I don't know!

Bruno Fernandes

It's a tough situation as a defender to be put in. I understand what they're doing trying to protect quarterbacks. I've been on the receiving end of a few of those where you appreciate them trying to take care of you a little bit, but I do see the conflict that it puts a defender in.

Ryan Tannehill

I love Courtney Lee. He's a very good player. I know that sounds very simple, but it's true. He does things well. He's a good defender, a great team defender, and he shoots the ball very well.

Doc Rivers

I'm a defender first and foremost - blocks, headers, vital tackles, or even just the communication side of it, which is massive but doesn't really get recognised.

John Stones

It could be the best defender or the worst defender. I have to have the attitude that I don't think anyone is going to deter me from getting to the basket. Maybe help defense can come over and affect it, but not the first guy.

Brandon Ingram

Do I want to be the best defender in Europe? Of course. Any defender will tell you that - who wouldn't want to be the best?

Aymeric Laporte

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.

Walter F. Mondale

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

Kyle Walker

Not many know this, but in training sessions, I like to play in the center-back position sometimes. I think I'm good at that position, and my father used to be a central defender. Some people don't realize that if you play in that position, you can better understand how the defender thinks.

Dimitar Berbatov

In football, when I break the line of scrimmage, I see a player in front of me, a defender, and already in my head I'm thinking, 'I'm going to make him miss.' So I'm already looking at the next defender like, 'OK, how can I set this guy up to get him out of position, too?'

Le'Veon Bell

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

Toby Alderweireld

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

Kelley O'Hara

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

Abby Wambach

The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths—another indication of the amazing conceit he has developed in six decades of performing the only job allowed him by the hereditary principle: that of waiting for his mother to expire.