Kwame Brown Quotes

"I feel good and the energy and the respect my teammates are showing me means a lot. They are looking for me in the post. It started off in practice where everyone is coming together and we are showing up better prepared for the game."

"Guys like Kobe and Lamar know where they should be (in the Lakers' offense). I'm still learning where I'm supposed to be."

"I just thank God that I'm out of Washington and looking forward to getting here and turning things around for myself and my family."

"I'm not interested in that conversation. That's a non-starter for me. That cap is rock solid. It can cost whatever ... but this is what we're going to spend."

"The thing is, the whole thing stems from Gilbert telling them not to put me in the game. I didn't come to practice because I was going to be a distraction. I was going to slap ... him. I'll admit it, what I did was wrong -- not showing up was wrong -- but I ain't saying what I would've done if I showed up would've been right. Being that I didn't show up I didn't put my hands on nobody. How a teammate, a supposed friend, would go to a coach and tell him don't put me in a game, I would've done something seriously wrong to him."

"We are going to pound them down low and see what kind of success we have."

"I don't go with the notion that baseball's just going to walk in three days. I understand the consequences if I vote yes, and I understand the consequences if I vote no."

"I just thank God that I'm out of Washington."

"I couldn't see nothing. I was bleeding, eyes watering."

"Guys like Kobe and Lamar know where they should be (in the Lakers' offense), ... I'm still learning where I'm supposed to be."

"I want to assure everyone that I am completely innocent of any wrongdoing and look forward to the truth coming out when this matter is fully investigated. On the advice of my attorney, I cannot comment further."

"I don't see baseball backing out. Why would they leave in a market that's flourishing and that wants them? I think we'll come up with something that's a win-win situation."