Boris Diaw Quotations

We still want to win and see which team we've got to play (in the post-season). We got a little tired because we didn't play with Steve and Raja, and they usually play a lot. Sometimes we get to rest up because Steve is doing all the work.

We're small. That hasn't changed. We've been small all year.

Of course there is more intensity. And the refs get a little tight too. It is the playoffs and nobody wants to lose a game and everybody is out there trying to win.

I feel very comfortable. I'm just trying to do what the coaches are asking me. I like to a little bit of everything on the court.

I don't think I changed a lot. I still play the same way, kind of a versatile player. I got better for sure, I get better every year, but I don't think I changed as a player.

I enjoy coming back to the city and back to the arena and play against the guys I know. I definitely wanted to win this game because we needed the win. I just wanted to play a good game and give my team what they needed to win.

I always say it's a team sport, not an individual sport. You try to get better, not only for yourself, but the principal goal is to get better to be able to help your team. I'm really happy because that's what I found when I came here.

My pride is my creativity, to be able to make plays for my teammates. That's why I've been fitting pretty well in this system because that's what we try to do. We've got a bunch of shooters, and I just try to set them up.

The philosophy of the game, they way we play here in Phoenix, it's really unselfish. A lot of passes, a lot of shots, a lot of up and down. The game is faster, too. When I'm on the court I'm able to read better and make passes to my teammates because I know where they're going to be.

When I was trying to adapt, he was one of the guys who tried to make me feel comfortable and was really nice to me.

Everybody's unselfish. We don't have just one player that we try to get the shots. Everybody screens for everybody, and everybody is trying to work for everybody and that way everybody gets to shoot the ball.

I've been improving in a lot of different areas. That's why I'm happy to get this award right now because the only thing that scares me in basketball is to stop improving, stop getting better. I always want to get better. Because I'm a versatile player, I have to work on all parts of my game.

Right now we're the most unselfish team in the league. We have to keep doing that, it's our identity.

That's what we do. We make the guy sitting next to you better.

There were a couple of elbows thrown. I saw Raja on the floor twice before he got ejected. Raja got hit many times. It probably was frustration.

It's tough to go in there against those guys. We've got to double-team, so that makes it tougher because that's where they got a lot of second chance shots off the offensive rebounds.

It's pretty much the way I've been used. I'm a kind of European player. You've got to use me the right way.

After the way we played against New Jersey and Milwaukee it was nice to get back to the way we play.

I had 16? Wow. Usually, Steve gets 12, so there was a lot more assists left in the game.

I just give the ball to my teammates and they make it. It's that simple.

The longest future we see is the playoffs. I feel good with the team, the organization and the city. I'm enjoying myself. The confidence was always in there, but the everyday life is easier when you play and get confidence from yourself, team and coaches.