Earl Boykins Quotations

When you take bad shots and turn the ball over that's what happens. I don't recall us getting many shots at the basket and that lets teams get runs like that.

There are no days off for me. I have to work longer and harder than everyone else to be successful.

Whenever you lose, you're concerned. But we've got to stay confident.

Basically, you're shooting (to return) for the playoffs. It's disappointing, but life goes on. I'll be all right.

He was unbelievable tonight. He hit big shots for them, and he was the key reason they won the game. He was absolutely amazing.

When he's out there and he's passive, teams tend to overload on everyone else. When he's aggressive, it makes it a lot easier for the rest of the guys on the team.

He's a good friend of mine. I look forward to him being on our team. . . . I can't worry about what another man does off the court.

He's done an unbelievable job at Air Force. He was a good coach when we had him. Some unfortunate things happened and it didn't work out. It wasn't because of his coaching ability.

I think sometimes percentages can be misleading. All year, in the last 2 minutes of a game, we shoot great from the three-point line. It's just the first 46 we're not that good.

I think every game the more I'm out there the more comfortable I feel. It's just a matter of knocking the rust off. I went five weeks without touching a basketball at all, and it's just a matter of time. But I think it's going to come around. I'm not worried about it.

It feels great. I feel like I'm coming into training camp. I feel like I'm the freshest player going into the playoffs, so I'm going to use it to my advantage.

I'm improving every day, gaining more strength in my hand, more flexibility.

Usually we make a run. (Friday night), the run just wasn't in us.

We came out flat in the first two games, and it's tough to play perfect to get back into the game.

We were holding them to one shot defensively there in the fourth. They're a great offensive rebounding team and we were able to run today and that was the difference in the game.

We played with a lot of heart for seven periods.

When you give up 69 points in the first half it's hard to win anything. We played bad basketball.

Tonight we showed that you don't have to shoot great to still get the victory. As long as you do all the other things on the court, you can be OK.

When you lose, it's disappointing. The effort we put out in the third quarter was horrible.

Everything is just fine. I'm comfortable. When I first broke it, I told everyone, 'When the playoffs come, I'll be ready.' A lot of guys were skeptical because I haven't played in a while. But I knew what it took to be ready.

The scoring will come. The most important part of the playoffs is your defense. We are playing well on defense. You win games on defense.

After the first quarter, we didn't have to worry about it. The games are a lot closer this year.

Once the playoffs start, we are going to be a different team. I think guys are going to have to make sacrifices in terms of playing time. If we're able to make sacrifices and accept our roles, we'll be OK.

Definitely. It's going to be very important for us (to win the division).

It's money time. There are fewer possessions and I haven't done anything for two weeks. I struggled in the first half because I was a little overaggressive. I relaxed in the second half and was able to hit some shots.

It's going to take an adjustment. But I think I'll be OK.

It just shows the depth that we have here. Tonight, the bench really stepped up.

They just played a complete game. When you give up as many points as we did in the first half, it's hard to win anything.

I'm going to keep on shooting. I don't know what the answer is for the other guys.

I learned my lesson from last year, ... (Denver's record is now) zero and zero.

I knew I was going to have the soreness. I knew that I was going to have a little pain. I don't think it hindered me doing the things that I want to do. . . . I think my shot was off. It was evident. But my speed, my quickness and my ball-handling were there. So the shot will come.

I just wanted to pressure him as much as I could, and he took an off-balance shot. It didn't look like he was going to miss a shot. But he missed the one that they needed.

I just don't think we need to make any more changes.

Honestly, I just think they shot the ball bad. I don't think we did anything special.

I definitely think we're a different team. If any team loses their leading scorer off the bench, the second unit is going to struggle. We're no exception.

The hardest part is rebounding. When it's four guards out there, (Karl) does a lot more yelling about rebounding.