I’ve been trying to figure out what mistakes I’m making defensively as far as help defensive stuff.
At the end of the day, I’m a good defensive football coach.
It’s just using my size. On the defensive end, it’s using my length to disturb the smaller guys. On the offensive end, if there’s a post-up advantage, I can take it.
I’m a Pro Bowl defensive end.
You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.
My body of work speaks for itself. I don’t need anybody in the media to tell me I’m a good defensive player.
The only thing I wanted to change in the past was being a little bit more disciplined on the defensive end.
I’m going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
Taserface is loud. Taserface is the defensive lineman on your high school football team. He’s a very loud individual who enjoys pushing people around.
We aren’t showing off our muscles. We wear the tight-tailored jerseys for a technical reason. Defensive lineman are allowed to grab, so you don’t want a lot of loose material.
Defensive midfield can be the one position that’s easier to play as you get older.
In the defensive midfield position, the player needs to give balance to the team and try to control the game. That’s exactly what I try to do.
If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That’s something you have to do from time to time.
Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don’t get beat deep and don’t let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can’t account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.
I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
Everybody has to play for their team and accept his role, even if you are in a defensive position sometimes. That is the key if you want to have success.
I think I’ve got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that’s really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We’ve got some younger guys on offense, but that’s what I coach and have my entire coaching career.
At the World Cup, most teams changed their style when they played us and maybe were more defensive. In the final, we didn’t know if Holland were going to do the same, but the important thing was we beat them in the end.
How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It’s impossible. There is nothing to knock. He’s a great defensive player. He’s a great offensive player.
The amount of pressure that I’ve put on myself as a defensive coordinator for the last 10, 11 years, I really believe there’s a lot more decisions that go into that position than the head coach.
As you live with a character longer, you claim more ownership over it. You become more defensive of it. It becomes like a person that you know.
A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others’ development.
When there is stuff being written about your family and people ask you questions which are very personal in nature, it makes you defensive and almost makes you angry.
I have game-changing defensive abilities.
I mean, I think from the competitive side, especially as a defensive back, you don’t mind that pressure, going out there on fourth-and-15 or whatever the down and distance.
I used to feel defensive when people would say, ‘Yes, but your books have happy endings’, as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it’s only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.
Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty.
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.
People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don’t think that’s it. Because you can’t just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it’s about not being defensive.
I am trying to improve the defensive side of my game and become an all-round wide-player, but my USP is that I am an attacking winger that takes players on, commits opponents, and excites fans. I think we are an increasingly rare breed.
When everyone touches the ball, it gives everyone energy, and that translates to the defensive end, where it all starts.
I’d take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There’s only one of these in the whole league every year.
In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I play behind three. There is a greater defensive obligation, but I try to work around the area.
I just think I’ve got to be more aggressive at both ends of the floor. When I’m aggressive on the defensive end it really helps me on offense.
I’ve always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.
I remember being told by my very first photographer that if I lost weight, and I was a skinny model, it would do wonders for my career. My mum got really defensive – ‘I don’t think we will be doing that, thank you so much, goodbye.’
We work on our set pieces for every opponent. It’s a moment of the game that requires a lot of hard work, defensive and offensively. We try to invest our time in set pieces.
A great defensive lineman causes problems all day long for an offensive line – problems that don’t have a way of getting into the official stats.
When you disagree with somebody else, they often tend to get very defensive. But that doesn’t stop me from doing the kind of work that I want to do.
The last couple of practices, all we’ve been doing is a lot of defensive things. We’ve been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.
It really doesn’t matter to me whether it’s defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I’ve been working on linebacker drills since I got out to Fischer Sports in Phoenix.
Everybody wants to go out and play hard for a guy where they know if they give their all on the defensive end, they’re going to get rewarded on the offensive end.
When we go out to the country and just sit there, what we’re really doing is just switching off various kinds of alertness that we don’t have to use. When we do that, we are stopping being defensive. We are no longer shutting ourselves off from different types of experiences, we are welcoming them in.
I always liked the defensive part of baseball.
Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that… allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want to have as many defensive players and defensive playmakers and defensive backs that you can.
Those who manage to keep the offensive and defensive balance are more successful. We search for balance in order to keep a stable level, which is the most difficult thing to do.
I’m a great player; I’m one of the best defensive ends in the league, and I honestly think that.
The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.
Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They’re basically saying you’re a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But I was about the offensive side.
I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn’t the most important thing.
If you feel you’re being condescended to and not taken seriously in the discussion, that can make people feel defensive.
Often there is a wall between the journalist and the star because there is usually not much time to get to know a person, and the star is always asked the same questions, and may be defensive.
I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.
