Jeff's a defensive player. Then as soon as he goes up to striker, he scores.

He's the linchpin in the makeup of this team. I don't think I've had a better defensive player, with the exception of A.J. Gonzalez.

He actually took a couple on me. I kind of get defensive when a person scores on me, so I was saying to myself, in my mind, that he was not going to score, no matter what happens.

At the end of the year, if you have a guy who scores 20 touchdowns, gains 1,500 yards, goes to the Pro Bowl, does all those things, you're probably happy you have him, ... And Shaun, I'm glad we have him. If you can have a guy not get hurt and play for you all season long, that will be a positive for your football team.

They might as well take the Defensive Player of the Year award and send it to Ben. He's been on a mission in the last three weeks, and when you look at all of the things he's doing — rebounding, blocking shots and making steals — he's been phenomenal.

Kelly is our defensive player and our offensive player. It was key because we switched her in the last 10 minutes.