#defensive

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#dangerous #defensive #desire #enemy #evade

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#euro #good #how #italians #showed

I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#defensive #gang #i #leader #purposes

All the charges you enumerate have been made with one purpose in mind-to place our office on the defensive and make us waste valuable time answering allegations that have no basis in fact. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#answering #basis #been #charges #defensive

Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#always #around #ball #beat #because

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#best #defensive #intimidate #line #maybe

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#armies #defensive #endlessly #enemy #field

I'm a little territorial and defensive. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#i #little #territorial

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#because #come #defensive #fluidity #i

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#change #defensively #different #different people #every