A. Hodge Tough Quotations

We played them (Stringer) tough twice this year; we lost by nine points and 12 points and were in each game. We have a young team and they are really starting to come together.

It was a tough call. I don't know how you can make a call like that. That's not in my hands. The only thing I could do is go out there and play my best.

It was a tough call. I don't know how you can make a call like that, but it's out of my hands.

It's been more work than people think. I've been going from this place to that place doing a lot of appearances. Most of the time I've been in Denver working out; I usually get in the gym at about nine in the morning and don't get out until two in the afternoon. The rest of the day I'm sleeping because I'm tired. It's been tough the last few months.

It's definitely been a challenging first 10 days under coach Karl, ... He's really tough on me, and I like that because I know it's going to make me better and make me cut down some of my bad decisions on the court and make me that much smarter of a player.

That's a tough call to make, especially on a critical call like that.

Being from New York City was definitely tough going, and coming out here to Colorado, I was definitely thinking that was real ironic. I'm very happy and I'm going to take advantage of each day that I'm here on this Earth.

I don't want to say what coach Karl is throwing at me isn't tough - that it isn't as hard as my brother - because he's just going to throw more at me. I'm not going to set myself up, but growing up in Harlem, New York, it was definitely hard and this is just another bump in the road. Once I get past it, I'll be that much stronger.