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Good basketball always starts with good defense! — Bobby Knight

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3). — Dick Bennett

As the twig is bent the bough is shaped, that was another old saying, and once a pretentious asshole, always a pretentious asshole. — Stephen King

Over and out." "You obviously — E.L. James

Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock. — Cassandra Clare

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery. — Chuck Daly

You can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line. — Mike Krzyzewski

Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me. — David Robinson

I put more lawmen in the ground than Alabama put cottonseed, — Mike Cooley

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense. — Metta World Peace

There has never been a great 'silent' defense — Del Harris

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish. — John Brady

You need to go sit on the pot. — Tim Hawkins

Great defense consists of 3 R's: read, react, and rotate. — Peter P. Carr

Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game — Rick Majerus

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper — Bobby Knight

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me. — Chuck Connors

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense — Jack Ramsay

the hardest thing to do is believe in yourself enough to step out and help someone else. — Paddi Newlin

Players act like the floor is slanted; they run downhill on fast breaks and jog uphill when getting back on defense — Tates Locke

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy. — Gregg Popovich

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

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships. — Pat Summitt

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense. — John Brady

I love the rain. It calms me down, somehow, soothes my reckless heartbeats. It's like chamomile tea for my soul. — Jodi Perkins

Defense can't guard two things in a row. — Chuck Daly

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

My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions — John Wooden

Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine. — Charles Barkley

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints. — Rick Majerus

I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots — Doc Rivers

If you're not talking, you're not playing defense — Doc Rivers

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working. — Adolph Rupp

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. — Red Auerbach