Lorenzen Wright

“I need to be challenged so I can get better.”

“I'm gonna run the floor. I'll do the best I can.”

“I wanted him to share in some of my success. Why wouldn't you want your friends with you in the good times?”

“I'm not worried about points.”

“I feel confident in my abilities.”

“If you're playing basketball, you're going to get your shot blocked.”

“I can play four, and I can play five.”

“Hey, the Clippers are a good NBA basketball school. Helps out all the young guys who come into the league. It's not a fast team, not like a real NBA team. All the players have to worry about is improving on their own. You are there for your first few years. They teach you a little bit about the game, and then they let you go.”

“Guys that are playing in the last year of their contracts are playing for their livelihood and that tends to come off as selfish.”

“I'm always talking about getting playing time. If I don't do anything about it when I do get the opportunity, all that talk is about nothing.”

“I'm a man of my word.”

“It makes me happy that I've been able to accomplish so much.”

“When I'm running and I think I can't run any more, I also think that my dad can't run at all, and it keeps me going.”

“Everybody knows that rebounding is my strong point, so they're boxing me out. I've just got work harder.”

“I love playing team ball, but that doesn't happen when most players are in the last year of their deals.”

“I prefer playing tough teams. It's going to make me better.”

“I know I'm good enough to be a starter and I'm a much more productive player when I get starter minutes. But I don't have to start. That's not me.”

“I'm not the type player who's going to come out and get you 30 points a night, but I'm gonna give you 150 percent.”

“I watched a lot of great players come through Memphis.”

“I have a trophy case at home.”