As a defender, how much ground I cover isn’t up to me. I’m defending against a forward, so her movement determines my movement.
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.
A nanny, by being the child’s doughty defender, may put sensitive noses out of joint.
There’s no bigger stage than this, so each and every night, every opportunity I get, I’m gonna try to prove and show the world that I’m the best perimeter defender in the NBA.
I’m Lou Barletta, and I’m a small town defender.
As a competitor, you always want to go against the best, so whoever guards me, I’m hoping it’s the best defender from the other team.
My teams in Serbia always had really good point guards. But I have always loved to dribble the ball. Even when I was outside, just walking by myself, I would always love to dribble and imagine my defender there in front of me – what I would try to do.
Sergio Ramos is very good. I know him very well: great defender, great with the ball. Van Dijk is also the same: so strong, very good in the air, scores goals. Two big players.
I’m a defender and that’s what I will always look to do first. If you do that right then the other things will be easier, but my job is to defend and that’s what I’ll focus on more than anything.
The players who played for Milan when I was a child are legends for what they’ve won and given to football. Then, when I got bigger, Nesta became my idol and I went on to become a defender.
I have scored against every team, every country, every defender in the world.
What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me, but I would like some assurances on where he’s going to stand his ground. I’d like some assurances that he’s going to be a vigorous defender for the U.S. Constitution.
I think I’m a good defender, for sure.
Sometimes you’ll go up against keepers like Casillas – the ‘penalty killer,’ as many of us call him. Other times, there’s that one defender that, for 90 minutes, just destroys you. There is one in particular who will always stand out in my mind. Nemanja Vidic.
For whatever the reasons may be, a lot of teams try to target me as a defender from a standpoint of assuming I’m not very great at it.
At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.
You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don’t know why they say I’m a bad defender.
People that know me realise what kind of player I am. I’m a front-foot defender; I like a tackle, but I’m not malicious, and I don’t go in to hurt.
There’s obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he’s a runner. How’s the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?
I will always be a proud defender of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel.
As a defender it can also be more frustrating to play in Italy because referees do not tolerate too much physical contact. I loved the physical nature of the game in England, but in Serie A I only have to look at a player and they sometimes fall to the floor!
At Under-11/12, I was playing as a right-back. The manager then was Cyril Helstone, and he said to me, ‘No, you’re not a defender. You should be in midfield.’ That was the big change in my career because from that moment until I made my debut in the first-team at Feyenoord, that was the position I played.
I played a lot of times at the beginning at Ajax as a left full back with a fantastic combination with Mark Overmars but I think as a central defender and a leader in the back it was my best role I think.
In football, when I break the line of scrimmage, I see a player in front of me, a defender, and already in my head I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to make him miss.’ So I’m already looking at the next defender like, ‘OK, how can I set this guy up to get him out of position, too?’
Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.
It’s an offensive foul if you go into the defender’s body, but if I fade and a guy runs into my leg, it’s a foul.
I run my routes like a crossover dribble. It’s about taking angles, faking one way but going the other, and being savvy. And then, instead of running to the basket, I’m running away from the defender.
Any good attacker will always beat a defender who’s face-marking you.
I loved Gary Neville’s energy, to get up and down for 90 minutes, and his leadership as well. He was always organising; he was passionate. It was just his all-round game. He was a quality defender and could also chip in with a goal and an assist.
The biggest pass for a defender is a pass forward.
What I tell a lot of the younger guys is, ‘My speed isn’t the same, my agility isn’t the same, but yet I still can talk.’ That’s an extra defender out there.
From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
Ashley Cole is a fantastic defender. I have seen him keep the best players in the world quiet.
Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.
You will rarely see a defender in front of the opponent’s goal.
For me, the defender I respect the most is Giorgio Chiellini. He’s one of the best defenders in the world. I really like the way he plays football on the pitch, the way he defends. He lives for the game. He transmits a sense of tranquillity to his team-mates. I have always admired his way to play.
If I get my teammates going early, then my shots usually open up. Come off pick and roll and make the pocket pass on the first one. Then it’s like OK, does the defender step up now? Then next time I may have the layup. So, just playing the game like that. Reading and reacting and not thinking too much.
I personally like the way John Stones plays because I think he’s a great defender.
I have the tools and the size to be a good defender. I’ve just got to be able to put it all together.
As my mentor in Medical School, Dr William Strong taught me: Never wear a white coat; it separates you from a fellow human being. I never have from that day on. You are your patients guide, counselor, and defender, not their ruler and dictator.
I’m going to play with one goalkeeper, obviously, one defender, one midfielder and two attackers, very offensive because we need to score goals.
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