It’s about time we stopped being so insecure and defensive and admitted that the Germans are better at economics than us. We like laughing and they like maths.
Dudes are coming at me every day; I’m playing different positions on the defensive end. I’m really working on that, because that’s the next level. In the league, everybody can dribble.
I was a very defensive kid ’cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn’t want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.
At 21, I’m too young to be considered just a defensive outfielder.
When you’ve got guys touching the ball on the offensive end, they’re really into the defensive end.
I find myself bitter, defensive, and more misanthropic than I care to admit.
My role is to be a defensive player, and that’s what I try to do. Whatever offense comes to me is a plus.
War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven.
I like that I’m able to be one of the biggest guys in the league. It’s a big advantage because sometimes you just don’t beat a defensive back the way you want to.
Provocative… I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it’s exactly right. It’s what we’re trying to do – to provoke thought and discussion and, you know, shake people up to start thinking about things in a different way. I’m interested in messing with what they think is the norm.
In the past, I may have felt quite trapped – rebelled a little bit and been quite defensive and not known how to relax.
When I was in Germany I never played like this, so defensive – almost a left-back, but that is good for me because defensive work was something I missed in Germany.
When there’s a setback, someone with a fixed mindset will start thinking, ‘Maybe I don’t have what it takes?’ They may get defensive and give up. A hallmark of a successful person is that they persist in the face of obstacle, and often, these obstacles are blessings in disguise.
So, my role on an NBA basketball team was the defensive stopper, was to be the most physical player on the team. I love that role. I love contact. I love hitting.
I was a smaller kid when I was growing up so I had to learn some defensive skills. I had to grind a little bit and win points by scrapping it out.
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
If you’ve got Godin and Chiellini as your centre-backs, then you can have more attacking full-backs, as opposed to defensive ones.
I am often critical of Israel’s policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
When you master all defensive and offensive aspects of the game and always enjoy the majority of possession, you’re sitting in pole position to win.
I’d like to play free safety. It would be fun to read things out and break on the ball. I definitely would not want to play on the defensive line. I wouldn’t want to be down there in the trenches.
I’m not really a defensive midfielder.
In most of the European countries – France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism – the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.
I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.
I hate to say it’s not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He’s been the greatest player I’ve ever seen. And I’m probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media – and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.
But when an offensive sputters and looks out of synch, you can bet one of the defensive linemen is responsible.
And also I think particularly as a female, you’re taught to be defensive your whole life. You’re taught not to be aggressive.
Every week we work really hard on that, in our defensive and offensive set pieces, and in our routines as well.
At fullback you have a little bit more defensive responsibility. You have to help out with your center backs a little bit more. As a wing back, you can be a little bit more aggressive with getting forward.
I really wasn’t a good defensive player at all.
I’m a little territorial and defensive. I don’t like having my space invaded.
I think if a batter’s got the better of you naturally in the back of your mind you can go slightly defensive.
Against the best batsmen, you can’t have a defensive strategy.
I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.
People love to take sides, but it’s not effective. It’s not really an effective way of communicating something, because you’re either already part of the side or you’re going to feel attacked and get defensive.
I think you look at a lot of sports, it starts with the guys up front. Your defensive line and offensive line in football and your big man in basketball, different stuff like that.
I’m going to be an MVP. I’m going to be Defensive Player of the Year. Not just once, multiple times… And the rings part is the biggest one for me. And the Hall of Fame part.
For every team in the playoffs, their defensive intensity, their defensive attention to detail just becomes greater.
Look at me, I’m getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I’ll have to find out who that was and if he’s still alive.
Defensive players kind of have that two-faced kind of way of being able to be very aggressive on the football field and going out there and getting there job done. At the same time, from my own incidents and my own personality, I’m much a person that’s very likable and lovable.
I think I’ve shown I have the defensive discipline to play deep as the No.6 and start the build ups with my passing. I can also play higher up the pitch and make a difference in the opposition area. Being able to do both has helped me to play so many games.
You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.
Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present.
There are not a lot of true defensive ends like there used to be.
I feel like I can be a great defensive player when I put my mind to it for the whole game, not just half the game.
In cyberspace, weapons systems get created in 24-hour cycles. You have no earthly idea whether or not you have a defensive capability against them.
Over the years, I’ve become barraged by comments from people, such as, ‘Beam me up, Scotty!’ and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn’t want to be mocked.
One of the turning points in the look of the Guardian is when we decided Logan Thackeray would be a Guardian as opposed to a Warrior. Logan’s own protective nature and the fact that the humans have been knocked back into defensive positions informed a lot of what the Guardian became.
Guns can turn you into an insider even if you’re an outsider by nature, recruiting you into a loose fraternity of people who feel embattled and defensive and are primally eager to win allies.
I have my meals delivered… you know what I like? Chicken and rice… But the problem with being a defensive lineman is, if we get out of hand with our eating, we balloon up to, like, 300-some pounds. So I really got to watch what I eat.
There’s always going to be those families or even just individuals who can be quite defensive.
I’ve always been a defensive wrestler, but when I go in there in the fights, I get so caught up in trying to knock people’s heads off that wrestling goes out the window when you’re throwing punches and kicks and stuff.
When you let those defensive backs know that you’re a physical player, they don’t really want to tackle. That’s it. That’s why you see me get a hurdle every game. Those guys don’t want to tackle me when I get to the second level.
Before I came to Barcelona, I only thought about one facet of the game: destroying. My qualities were completely defensive, and I wouldn’t take responsibility for organising my team’s game, our attacks.
When you’re a defensive lineman, to get your hands on the ball, it’s a dream. It’s everybody’s dream.
White fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves.
Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green – these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.
Even though you wouldn’t want to line a D-lineman and running back up across from each other to block, when you get help initially from the guard, and then the defensive tackle gets picked up by the running back, it’s not as bad as a lot of people would think versus if you’re just putting that matchup on paper.
