Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them. No one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires them.

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adebayo Akinfenwa

As a big man you may struggle to get much height when jumping for a ball - but by training with your defender team-mates you can develop a technique for making strong challenges in the air, making defenders uncomfortable and work on taking the ball down.

Aleksandar Mitrovic
Aleksandar Mitrovic

Of course defenders will try to provoke me - that is their job.

Alex Smith
Alex Smith

In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that the hard way.

Alexandre Lacazette
Alexandre Lacazette

Power is the main difference; it's more powerful in England. Referees are less strict than in France, teams like to play low and in counter-attack, and defenders in general are stronger than in France.

Alexandre Lacazette
Alexandre Lacazette

When you're a striker, you want to play all the games, and most chances come at the end because defenders are tired.

Alexandre Pato
Alexandre Pato

I don't think the physical part of English football would be a problem. When you get the ball, you need to be ready. The defenders here are very tough. I like that.

Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian

The biggest threat to the Internet is, frankly, always going to be complacency. I want to see more and more of us activated and people thinking of themselves as defenders of it.

Andre Drummond
Andre Drummond

Detroit has a history of a lot of great rebounders and big guys that have been great defenders. So for me to pick up where they left off and continue that trend, of being a gritty, tough big man is pretty cool.

Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson

A lot of players try to buy penalties, and sometimes defenders can't do a lot about it.