Top 776 Defensive Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.
It starts on the defensive end, but it's also just the ball movement and holding everyone accountable.
My greatest vulnerability is that I'm not 'normal.' I'm not married, I don't have children. It's something I feel defensive about.
Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.
You can look at every game, some where I've been a defensive player and others where I've had an impact.
I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
A disciplined, patient, defensive period in a Test match is not old fashioned and boring - it's essential.
I don't think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems.
First and foremost my obligation is on the defensive side. But obviously there are times when I need to go and attack, too.
I think if a batter's got the better of you naturally in the back of your mind you can go slightly defensive.
My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.
Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.
I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus.
I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing.
Defensive awards and accolades aside, to have your jersey retired puts you in a position where you'll be known forever.
Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.
You don't want to give the defensive back any signals about what route you're going to run.
You start talking about God and a lot of people are going to become very defensive.
[Every] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war.
Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.
We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.
There's always going to be those families or even just individuals who can be quite defensive.
We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.
I expect to play at an All-Star defensive level, and everything else will come.
Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year.
You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.
Don't be so defensive and afraid to be proven wrong that you miss the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.
Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
On a tactical level the defensive midfielder in a 4-3-3 formation is just about the most demanding position there is.
A defensive referendum is for avoiding war and to help keep the Taiwanese people free of fear.
Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.
No matter how much striking power you have got, you need to have a sense of defensive compactness from everyone.
That's what I normally pride myself on, being a solid defender and giving all my energy on the defensive end.
With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.
By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.
Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.
America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.
There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.
I find myself bitter, defensive, and more misanthropic than I care to admit.
But when an offensive sputters and looks out of synch, you can bet one of the defensive linemen is responsible.
I can play at full back on either side, but I prefer the central defensive position.
I was a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.'
I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.
At the highest level, if you don't have a solid defensive base, you can't get by. In one match, yes. But over a whole competition? No.
I feel like I've helped create a new standard of hustle for defensive linemen.
Having a good defensive line allows you to play better because it's less stressful in terms of defending.
The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.'
Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica).
Act with the greatest determination and on the offensive. The defensive is the death of every armed rising.
I know my background was defense, but I'm not a defensive coach who wants to win 9-7 every week.
Books are defensive, not offensive (unless you're the puzzled adult trying to make the kid with the book interact).
I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.
I really like defensive players. I've never played defense so I often wonder how they think.
