Quotes from Lorenzen Wright

My dad is a great role model.

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

I need to be challenged so I can get better.

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

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 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 a hard worker.

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.

I get fired up in big games. Other guys might get scared, but with me, my intensity overrules my jitteriness.

I have a trophy case at home.

I watched a lot of great players come through Memphis.

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.

When you're young, you know, you want to do all the things other kids are doing. Play video games. Sit in the house and eat potato chips. Just play or whatever.

Playing in the NBA has been a lifelong dream.