A Quote by Khris Middleton
I really wasn't a good defensive player at all.
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If you're a great defensive player, you're a great defensive player 100% of the time. You can't be a great defensive player half of the time because you didn't get the ball once or twice. That can't sidetrack you. It's got to be 'I live for my defense, and my offense I'll get. But I can't let it affect my defense. Nothing affects my defense.'
I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.
I want people to see me as a two-way player. A defensive player and an offensive player.
I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.
Many players don't need trust to be a good defensive player, but for me it's huge that the coaching staff believes in me and are putting me on the best player.
I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.
I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing.
My body of work speaks for itself. I don't need anybody in the media to tell me I'm a good defensive player.
Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They're basically saying you're a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But I was about the offensive side.
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 one-v-one attacking.
How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.
I know we're going to be connected for a long time, Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. He's a really, really good player. I'm a pretty decent player. So I hope things work out.
Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.
The thing that can get confusing is you think, is this guy really a good player or does he just seem that way based on the way that they are playing. That takes longer to figure out, if they really are a good player or they just seem like one [bad].
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