Football Defense Quotes

When I left Spurs I was one of the best defenders in the world and had done so much for such a long time with ultimately little reward. I practically kept the club up on my own for two years.

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.

The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.

A compact defense has always been the basis of Italy's team.

How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi... you just make the sign of the cross!

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

Steve Smith, thats what happened to us. He just kept making plays. We had a plan. We never really doubled him. We ran a lot of Cover 2, and obviously that didnt work out too good for us.

It looks like our defense is quite a bit better than it has been in the last two years, ... If we can keep it up and stay at least in the middle of the league, that would be significant. We haven't ordered any championship rings yet; two games doesn't make a season. I love the Colorado air. I love the game, the competition, the show.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.

One of biggest rules in football is you have to avoid crosses.

The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league. You'd better be good up front, or you're going to have some long days.

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.

Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.

Defending for a team as offensive as Real Madrid isn't that easy.

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club.

The quarterback gets plenty of protection in the pocket, and he picks up protection out of the pocket; he's got protection down the field on his slides.

Having a big brother who taught me protections and blitz recognition has helped out a lot.

Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.

I know what it takes to get to the Super Bowl, what Giants pride and that defense is really about.

Ledley King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.

Never tackle, never go down, we've heard it over and over again. You have to try to keep Messi away from the goal and block him with multiple players while being as close to him as possible. He is too quick, too fast, too intense with the ball.