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I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs.
I've got a defensive responsibility as well as trying to get goals and assists. I'm trying to do that.
Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present.
I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.
Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
These diva wide receivers want to go to the bathroom. As a defensive lineman, we didn't go to the bathroom.
By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.
My body of work speaks for itself. I don't need anybody in the media to tell me I'm a good defensive player.
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
I've had so much great teaching, and I'm one of the best defensive players to ever play the game on the wing.
I was a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.'
I would prefer to play for and against an attacking team, but I am now used to playing against defensive teams.
I was lucky enough at Stanford to have Vic Fangio as the defensive coordinator for a year, and then Jason Tarver.
There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.
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.
Once I got to college, I didn't know defensive rotations; my footwork was sloppy. I used to travel every other play.
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.
If your offensive and defensive lines are speaking and people are listening, you've got a very good chance of success.
In the past, I may have felt quite trapped - rebelled a little bit and been quite defensive and not known how to relax.
Defensive awards and accolades aside, to have your jersey retired puts you in a position where you'll be known forever.
I really had to create my own style, because it's kind of hard being a 6-1 defensive end. I'm really like 6-4 - really.
When everyone touches the ball, it gives everyone energy, and that translates to the defensive end, where it all starts.
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.
Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.
Everybody has always put this on me, this label, that I'm not a very good defensive catcher. To me, I don't see it that way.
Sometimes I look at myself and ask, 'What is my best position?' But I think it's a defensive midfielder; that's the best one.
And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.
If we are going to ask questions of the defensive guys, then we are going to ask questions of the guys at the top end as well.
You can teach defensive wizardry, but you need the talent to go with it. You have to be born with that natural defensive radar.
I don't wanna be labeled as just a defensive player or a rim protector or someone who can dunk. I feel like I can do everything.
I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.
I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
In order to be one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL - which I am - it's doing things that other people aren't willing to do.
I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.
I think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a very good defensive team.
White fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves.
As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.
I know how much my late center Mike Webster suffered. I can only imagine what a lot of defensive players from my era are going through.
Balance is the secret for every team. There cannot be a defensive formation and an attacking formation: such a concept is a limitation.
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.
You're a defensive lineman, you get knocked around from all different angles. I've been knocked around like a pinball quite a few times.
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.
I'm a fairly emotional guy and a fairly kind of aggressive player who some people - especially defensive guys - don't like on the field.
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.
I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.
Defensive lineman in the 3-4 isn't a glory position. He is supposed to tie up as many linemen as possible in order to free the linebackers.