Jaylen Brown Quotes

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.

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

NBA teams like to see guys who can help a team win a game in a lot of fashions.

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

I always root for the defense.

The NBA has never drafted a player for defense. At any position, even at center.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

When I go on the basketball court, I don't think about who's guarding me.

I don't enjoy playing against Shaq.

Every team I play, I'm playing them like we playing the Golden State when they had Kevin Durant. Every point guard I play, I'm playing Steph Curry. Every shooting guard I'm playing, I'm playing James Harden. Every three-man I'm playing, I'm playing LeBron and KD.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.

If we play defense the way we're supposed to and we play defense the way we do here in practice, we should have no problems against most of the teams in the league, and other teams, it'll be a great fight.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

Once the Hack-a-Shaq works once, you know I'm going to see it again. The only thing worse for basketball than that defense is the Lack-a-Shaq offense, where I have to go to the bench because of foul trouble. There is no fun in that.

Regardless of how well you can be offensively, if you have a great defense, you can deal with any offense.

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.

Sometimes, you are going to give up a bucket, but defense is the key. That's the most important thing.

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

Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little different at times. At the end of the day, he just wants you to play hard defense, and you can't fault him for that.

The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

That's how you win - pitching and defense.