You will rarely see a defender in front of the opponent's goal.

At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.

It is always a bit hypocritical when a defender who spends the whole game kicking you complains of being kicked.

When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender.

I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool.

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

It is unevolved to want to celebrate the architects and defenders of slavery.

I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it.

When I was a kid, I was a striker. Then, I started to be a winger and defender sometimes.

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.

The biggest pass for a defender is a pass forward.

A nanny, by being the child's doughty defender, may put sensitive noses out of joint.

I got the call, 'Celtic want you.' And I knew Celtic were a top, top team. I thought it would be much easier than it was. It was quicker than I thought. When you got the ball, there was always a defender at you.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender.

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

I'm a good defender, so I like to play defense.

As a defender, we take pride in getting clean sheets.

We need the speaker to be an institutionalist for the Congress, not to be a defender of the deep state.

It's a bitter thing to have one or more defenders missing.