Man-to-Man Defense Quotes

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball.

I can stretch the defense.

You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy out of rushing.

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

My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.

I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man.

Back when I played, basketball was all about fundamentals, about hustling, getting those loose balls, all those rebounds under the basket. That equals up to 12, 14, 16 points. You can lose a game with that much. It's different watching basketball now. People don't play the same way. It doesn't matter if you score, if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Our coach used to kick our ass if we didn't. I was told if you saw more of the other team color under the basket than your own team color, you ain't doing your job. Everybody should be under the board, trying to get that ball.

When someone's playing you man-to-man coverage, they're basically saying that guy's better than you. So that's why a lot of receivers feed off of that.

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very - unless you're a specialist.

I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

When there's pressure on the ball, you can go man-to-man on your striker; you've got the advantage because the ball pressure means it'll be a difficult pass to play.

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you - read their body language and anticipate what's going to happen next.

Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.

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!

I like playing size per position defensively.

It's how I've been playing my whole life, guarding the best player on the other team.

To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.

Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.

If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.

Considering Messi's quality and everything he represents, I don't think I've seen him playing with a guy following him around the pitch the entire time with the sole purpose of not letting him play.

I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.

New York basketball is about defense.