A Quote by Ben Howland

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

Ben Howland

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Ben Howland
American - Coach
Born: May 28, 1957

As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.

Bobby Knight

In high school, you don't play much defense. It's mostly offense. In college, it's vice versa, and that's what I tried to do.

Donte DiVincenzo

I always try to play hard as possible to help my team - it doesn't matter if it's on defense or offense. I would say when I was young I was playing like that, too.

Goran Dragic

...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while you need to give up a piece of your team in order to make the big play. It's a game of patience, and that pretty much defines how I run the ball. I'm patient, always looking for the opportunity and always trying to capitalize on the other person's mistake."

Priest Holmes

The key to guarding Kevin Durant is to play really good team defense. One on one, it's just tough. So you try to get all five guys to play against him.

Danilo Gallinari

You have to play offense and defense without thinking, and react like you know what to do, but if you're thinking of where to be and 1,000 other things you can lose focus. You're trying to play hard, but you're overthinking.

Mike D'Antoni

I just don't want my offense to carry over to my defense. I want to help the team win and be a team player.

Larry Johnson

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

Dan Quayle

Whatever I can do to help our team, whether it's defense or offense, I'm going to do it.

Eric Staal

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

Vince Flynn

The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points.

Herm Edwards

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

Mike Krzyzewski

Rick Tocchet is what I call a warrior. He really brings a lot to a team because he really believes in team play. He's tough on himself and he's tough on the team. As a coach, if you had even one guy like him on your team, you'd have a heckuva chance to do your job well.