You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.

We got a little complacent on defense. They converted on all our mistakes.

They’re the key to the team. We just played a little better defense in the second half.

She’s played so well the last 2-3 weeks. She can handle the ball, shoot, rebound and play good defense.

Our defense has been real inconsistent. We’ve got five weeks to fix it. Hopefully by district tournament time we’ll have it fixed. We know that’s the weak part of our game right now. Pitching is...

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Sometimes you fight back like that and it takes all your energy. We needed to play better defense in the first half.

I think Ali changes the game at both ends of the floor but specifically on defense. It allows our guards to really pressure the ball and get up in the passing lanes, because they know...

There’s a big drop-off between our first- and second-team defense, especially up front.

We turned it on at the right time. We played solid defense all the way through, and in the fourth quarter we gave that extra effort and got the win.

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Those are our staples-we pitch and play defense. That’s about as many errors as we’ve made in a game all year, especially at home.

They’re going to focus on defense. They’re going all the way this year.

Our defense kicked in. I had several freshmen in there, and I was happy how we pressed. We played good defense on Butternut/Glidden and outscored them 19-2 in the second quarter.

They did it to stand up to the secretary of defense – that took some guts.

We sat our starters on Saturday and got them in the mood that defense is important again. We’re a team that really relies on hard-nosed defense.

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I like using my defense; that’s why when you give up a hit I’m not going to be that mad, … The next pitch you can get a double play. That’s part of my game...

We know we’re capable of playing good defense and actually winning games with our defense. I think Game 1 was indicative of that and (in) Game 2, we were able to get in a good...

Our pitching wasn’t up to par nor our defense. We had four of our five hits in the seventh when we finally woke up. It was a little too late.

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Defense wins our games for us. It’s just a very good defensive effort.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

When you play defense, it is about emotion. It is about enthusiasm. You want to see that and you want to have that. And we have a few guys that bring that to the table.

He’s a very intelligent defender who really understands the concept of team defense.

We’re still pitching and playing defense, so I’m happy about that.

The defense was outstanding. (Owen D. Young) didn’t have a lot of chances but when they did make a run the defense held its composure.

That’s only one-third of the game. I’m pretty sure their offense and our defense are pretty important, too.

I was really happy the way we shared the ball. And we played much better defense in the second half.

The most important part of our team is teamwork and defense we play. Everybody was into it.

Some nights, things just click. It’s a combination of good defense. But they also had some good looks. They had some shots that they normally hit. You combine that with good defense and it was...

We had a really great team effort, we made great decisions, and we played great team defense.

Tonight was one of our better defensive games, from start to finish. We fed off of our defense, and then offensively we just kind of picked them apart.

I was really proud of the guys. We played really hard. We were active. And we played really solid defense, and we got out with a win.

We rebounded well and we played good defense.

Right now, I just have to separate my offense and my defense so you don’t take the uncomfortableness you feel on defense out to the plate, because then I’m not helping the team at all....

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They have tradition going there. They will play a tough man-to-man defense.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

I wouldn’t even call it a title defense. Nobody can take the title away. I just look at it as a new journey by a new team, and hopefully we can get the same results...

We ran our motion offense and were patient. (La Grande) gambles so much on defense that if you are patient, you can score. But that last minute-and-a-half, we kind of threw the ball away and...

We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense played well.

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We made tremendous improvements (in 2004). Some people had started talking about our defense but I think they were shocked that we finished where we did in some categories.

You can play defense as long as you are aggressive and forcing, and I thought we did a good job of that in the first half of the game and not so much in the...

It was up and down for us; we played some good, some bad, some mediocre. We played very good defense at times. When we realized that we had to play, we played good defense.

They’re a lot like us. They’re a quick defensive team. They rely on their defense to get their offense going. They have a couple of good shooters and they like to crash the boards tough.

I just went out and played defense and it led to my offense. I just ran the floor, I pressured the ball and it created some open shots for me.

I think we made huge strides as a team, the defense stepped up huge and the offensive line gave me time to throw. We just jelled.

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