Top 1200 Offense And Defense Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

For the first time in Rex Ryan’s career as a head coach, his offense is now better than his defense.

Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to disrespect dead white males.

You have to give it to the Packers. They are a good team. They have a great offense and a great defense.

Jay Cutler is a first-round pick, had a great arm, etc. It's just - he's offense, I'm defense. We didn't get a chance to interact as much as we should have, maybe.

Sometimes I feel like my defense is so elite that sometimes my offense gets put on the backburner.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

When I first got to Toronto, we were last in defense, 20-something in offense, we were the laughing stock in the Eastern Conference.

People watch the points, they watch the highlights. But the defense I think helps the offense.

It's fun to play defense. It's fun to watch the opponent sweat on offense, start complaining to the officials, and eventually be taken out of the game because he's making so many offensive mistakes

We know about the Detroit offense with Calvin Johnson, the best receiver in the game. If this defense continues to play at this pace, they may have something to say about the NFC North.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all about the strike zone and how the battle is waged there between the pitcher and hitter.

There's a sports saying, if you aren't playing offense, you're playing defense, so if you are coming back for a sequel not be better but you have to aim higher and bring something else back in to the mix.

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

I've looked up to Michael Jordan because not only was he an assassin on offense, he was an assassin on defense.

Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants had a right to arm themselves at that time, for their defense, not for offense.

Although the Premier League is tough because players have good physiques and can switch swiftly in offense and defense, it can be overcome after adapting to the league for a few months.

The word of God is the Christian soul's best weapon, and it is essential to have it with him always. In doubt it decides, in consultation it directs; in anxiety it reassures; in sorrow it comforts; in failure it encourages; in defense it protects; in offense it is mightier than the mighty.

I do whatever the team needs to do on offense or defense, whatever it is to win. And I'm a competitor.

Offense, defense - on both ends of the floor - figuring that out. I'll keep watching the film and see where I can keep getting better.

You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.

To be really honest, I do not mind whether it is offense or defense. I just like being in on plays and doing what needs to be done to help us win.

I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.

When the lights go out at a power plant sometime in the future, we're going to know that that's a consequence of deprioritizing defense for the sake of an advantage in terms of offense.

The defense can be affected by certain guys not being comfortable in the offense, and then not just playing and reacting on the other end.

J.J. Watt, he does on defense what Andrew Luck does on offense. He inspires those around him, he makes them better.

Installing a new offense is harder than a new defense. It just takes time.

You can lose a game with the kicking game faster than you can with offense and defense.

I want each and every West Virginian to have bragging rights. I want to stop playing defense and start playing offense. So, together, let us grab the reins of history.

I think the important point is the turning point in combining offense and defense in a reasonable way.

You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.

Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must be able to make a cogent and sensible response to the counterpoints that are raised.

There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.

Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.

I like playmakers, man, if it's a playmaker on defense or offense, just a guy who is going to put up some points, a guy who's going to be able to change the game.

As your captain, I'm going to push you to not fall back on defense, but to play offense, and to play our match -- the Gospel, together.

The framers understood that the president, as the head of our armed forces, must defend the nation from imminent threat. But when the mission shifts from defense to offense, congressional approval is essential.

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.

The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.

I try and be very vocal. You know, talking to people and getting on guys. I try to help guys get in the right position whether it be on offense or defense.

What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.

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.

He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.

...William wondered why he always disliked people who said 'no offense meant.' Maybe it was because they found it easier to to say 'no offense meant' than actually to refrain from giving offense.

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.

That's where your defense starts. If you are not good in transition, you probably aren't going to be good. Or you'll be taking it out of the net and playing a lot of offense.

I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.

For the participants of whisper networks - often women - these networks hum below the surface. Whispers are take it or leave it. Whispers are a defense, not an offense.

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.

Being a two-way player that's consistently transitioning from offense to defense, it's imperative I fuel my body with an all-natural source of performance energy like Glukos that keeps my energy levels high.

We have to let our defense dictate our offense.

Your offense might not be great every game, but defense is just about working hard and outworking your opponents.

A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks.

Obviously defense is my strength, but I still need to improve on that. I need to improve on offense. Every part.

When I first became a head coach in Toronto, I was more of a dictator, wanted to do everything, all the development, defense, offense, whatever it was.

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

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.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.