Defense Motivational Quotes

It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense. ~ Mike Candrea

If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, "I guess that person doesn't know about all my other faults. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned only these." ~ Epictetus

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense! ~ Oscar Robertson

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins. ~ Dan Quayle

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player. ~ Eric Williams

The best defense is a good offense. ~ Jack Dempsey

Should he plead the insanity defense or the alien-told-me-to-do-it defense? ~ Wesley Chu

Self-defenses mean self-defense, period. It leave nothing out. ~ Bohdi Sanders

If we need women in our defense forces, we must not need much defense. ~ Joseph Sobran

What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense. ~ Catharine MacKinnon

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty. ~ Matthew McConaughey

Defense wins championships. A good offense is beat by a good defense, always. ~ Eric Bolling

My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work. ~ Lynne Stewart

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other. ~ Bruce Lee

Isn't the best defense always a good attack? ~ Ovid

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had. ~ Dick Cheney

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice. ~ Leonard Peltier

My belief has always been that national defense is the most important thing we do, but we shouldn't borrow to pay for it. ~ Rand Paul

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. ~ Ron Paul

I only direct in self-defense. ~ Mel Brooks

Abortion is an act of self-defense. ~ Alice Walker

Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves. ~ Mark Batterson

Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited. ~ Ronald Reagan

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems, ~ Barack Obama

Didn't everything on God's earth have or acquire defense? ~ Toni Morrison

If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense. ~ Johnnie Cochran

I still have things to learn, especially on defense. ~ Thomas Vanek

We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense. ~ Eugene McCarthy

I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense. A 100 percent elimination policy (by Ankara of the Kurds) has forced me to defense and it has become a glorious defense of a people. ~ Abdullah Ocalan

Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me. ~ Pandora Boxx

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will. ~ Ben Shapiro

Knavery is the best defense against a knave. ~ Plutarch

A wasteful defense is a weak defense. ~ Ralph Nader

The best defense is not to offend. ~ Chuck Norris

Capitalism stands its trial before judges who have the sentence of death in their pockets. They are going to pass it, whatever the defense they may hear; the only success victorious defense can possibly produce is a change in the indictment. ~ Joseph A. Schumpeter

Oftentimes I have hated in self-defense; but if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is. ~ Kofi Annan

I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange. ~ Michael Grunwald

One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country. ~ Vincent Bugliosi

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely. ~ Kevin O'Leary

It is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli

Senator Biden was correct by calling for more to look into Governor Cuomo's defense policy. It is clear to me, by researching the governor's record on the issue, that he would be a wildcard on national defense issues. ~ Sam Nunn

People use irony as a defense mechanism. ~ David Byrne

If you just develop your psychic ability and don't learn psychic self-defense, you become more sensitive, open, and vulnerable. ~ Frederick Lenz

Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense. ~ Bob Barr

Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I'll do it. ~ Mia Hamm

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

These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have. ~ William Kristol

The foundation stone of wealth accumulation is defense, and this defense should be anchored by budgeting and planning. ~ Thomas J. Stanley

National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman. ~ John Adams

Being dead is the most airtight defense of one's own aesthetic. ~ Sarah Ruhl

Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it's a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending. ~ Rorion Gracie

National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people. ~ Kim Jong Il

That's my only defense against this world: to build a sentence out of it. ~ Jim Harrison

Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense. ~ Jean Shepherd

The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense. ~ Alexander Hamilton

I like to think I'm just talkin' in my defense. ~ Nick Diaz

It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But ... lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I can use this for an insanity defense. ~ Noam Chomsky

First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation. ~ Barbara Dee

We need to learn how to give a defense for our belief in Christ without getting defensive. ~ Beth Moore

There is no defense against a base on balls. ~ Joe Garagiola

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

I know we'll lead the league in defense. ~ Rex Ryan

Right is its own defense. ~ Bertolt Brecht

Maybe convincing yourself that you could never transition is a defense mechanism that enabled you to survive high school, family, work - but like most defense mechanisms, it wasn't conscious, and like most defense mechanisms, it became a pattern you weren't aware of, and then, like most defense mechanisms, at some point it stopped making your life easier and started making your life harder. ~ Imogen Binnie

I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty shy guy. ~ Tim Hawkins

Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense
what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known. ~ Dag Hammarskjold

Concentrate on defense because the offense will come. ~ Andrew Bogut

Religion is a defense against the experience of God. ~ Carl Jung

This economic boycott is our means of self-defense. President Roosevelt has advocated its use in the National Recovery Administration. ~ Samuel Untermyer

Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense. ~ Maggie Stiefvater

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth. ~ Alan Dershowitz

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists. ~ Steven Erikson

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is. ~ Lynn Austin

There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought a great deal about the subject and distilled its essence in a way that is wholly admirable. ~ Robert Twigger

I really like defensive players. I've never played defense so I often wonder how they think. ~ Priest Holmes

For the first time in Rex Ryan's career as a head coach, his offense is now better than his defense. ~ Sterling Sharpe

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense. ~ John Brady

Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys. ~ Paul Fussell

Defense. That' the thing I'm known for. ~ Tyson Chandler

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. ~ David Gelernter

For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the American tradition. Self-defense is not only our right, it is our duty. ~ Ronald Reagan

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain. ~ Aamir Sarfraz (aamir Rajput Khan)

Each day, compel yourself to do something you would rather not do. ~ Justin Bienvenue

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

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense. ~ Cass Sunstein

Defense is the first act of war. ~ Byron Katie

[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society. ~ William Blackstone

Todays rocks are tomorrows diamonds. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In addition to achieving outside the industry, agriculture, national defense science and technology modernization, we are faced with the important task of system modernization. ~ Zheng Bijian

Hardships occur to build a person's character. ~ Sahara Sanders

Julie Williams was determined to break my defense. ~ Tabitha G. Kelly

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail. ~ John F. Kennedy

Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense. ~ Samuel Rush Meyrick

National Defense is not a threat to peace; it is the guarantee of peace with freedom. ~ Jeffrey Gitomer

The defense of the revolution is the defense of the people. ~ Sukarno

That defense alone is effectual, sure and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valour. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli

The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home. ~ Dick Gregory

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way. ~ Loretta Young

You want to keep the defense guessing. ~ Kyrie Irving