Fred Ikle Quotes

Both sides of the game, defensively and offensively, are important.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

Some days, you don't score, but then you have to make sure you don't concede.

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

You want to keep the defense guessing.

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

You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive team, you have to win in a different manner. You have to win a defensive-type game.

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

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.

Football is about balance.

As kids we'd be forever shooting at dad and I started as a striker, but I eventually became a pivote, the position I like most and best suits my characteristics.

Football is like boxing because you have to know when it is time to attack.

When you have a guy that each week you can change up your game plan a little bit depending on what an offense does - you can put him at nickel, you can put him at linebacker position, Will or Sam or whatever they have him doing, he can create a matchup that the offense is not ready for.

You can't just score more points than last year without playing defense.

If you have a defensive concept, you're going to play defense. If you don't have a defensive concept, and you have an offensive concept, then you're going to play offense.

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

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

You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you're focused on them.

You have to win on the ball.

There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well.

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