155 Quotes About Defending

His main thing was that we are not defending anything because we don't have a title. We won that last year.

We're pretty good, too. We're just going to do the things we need to do. We have a particular style. If it's good enough, it's good enough. If it's not, it's not. They're the defending national champions, so as long as they have that title, they're the best.

Who wouldn't want to play for the defending world champions?

We didn't play our game at all, and we were still in the game at halftime. Our defense wasn't as good as it could have been. We didn't do a good job defending (Thompson).

I felt like we were ready, but this was one of those first games where everything that could go wrong, did. You're never thrilled to be opening your season with the defending state champion.

We got the momentum (after the first goal). We always had the better of the play, but (Braden River) was defending good. I tell you, (Braden River) next year is going to have a really good team. It's a new school that is just starting off. But they battled really well and never gave up.

We had good weak-side help. Antonio did a good job of defending him. That's where it is really valuable having a player like Antonio. Nobody can shut down Taylor - we can limit him. We'll be successful like we were tonight.

There's a reason the Spurs are the defending champions. They really execute down the stretch. They just don't make many errors, and if you do, they really punish you.

We're not defending like we usually do. It's putting us in a position where we all have to score the ball, because we're not getting stops. We're not defending at all. That's been our motto. That's our identity. We defend, and we get stops.