Patrick Beverley Quotes

That's how I grew up. Just play defense - and make a basket.

The interesting thing about football is that football is the only sport where you quit playing when you get a lead.

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

When you go out on the field, you don't go out to make friends... I play to win the game and not just to compete.

I think there's a lot of different ways to score points and win football games and be efficient offensively, just like there is on defense and special teams. That's what makes this great game so special.

This is the NBA; you can't stop everybody from scoring 30. But that 30? They're going to work for every point they get. And that's my mindset.

I enjoy playing, especially when you're having success, when you're driving the ball down the field scoring touchdowns.

It's basketball. At the end of the day everyone wants to win, and that's really the reason why we play is to win.

Scoring a goal is very important for us, but the objective is to win the match.

You have to defend the perimeter guys otherwise you're going to struggle getting playing time or staying on the court.

It doesn't matter if it's Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, DeAndre Jordan, I'm trying to win that matchup every time.

I pride myself on defending and rebounding.

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.

As someone who has carved out a career in this league by making winning plays, being tough on defense and just generally doing the dirty work for my team, I always hesitate to say any player is unguardable. I just hate that term.

Every time I step on the field, it doesn't matter who we're playing, I want to get an interception.

I would like to score goals in every game.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.

You've got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which was an area that was so critical. And they wanted you to play smart and have fun. I've kind of tried to let our people understand those are the most important things that I could possibly tell them.

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me.

I really do not think about 'Oh, right now I have to defend those points and this title.' I just really want to enjoy playing on the court, in front of the fans.

I always root for the defense.

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.