Kenyon Martin Quotations

People don't know. People are ignorant. They feel that if you stutter, then you're slow or whatnot.

If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation weighs heavy in grading, and I wouldn't open my mouth to read or talk in front of anyone.

I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.

Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.

I have feelings, but not when it comes to basketball. I'm here to win. I'm not here to make friends.

I think I'm pretty coachable. I do what coaches ask of me.

I don't back down. Like, I don't know how to flop. That's never been a part of my game. For me to know if a guy likes to turn left shoulder or right shoulder in the post, I have an advantage. Or if he likes to go left all the time, I have an advantage. Or if he can't make open jump shots, I have an advantage.

Of course there's some things that I would have liked to have... none of my friends growing up had their father in the house. None of 'em. We had uncles and stuff like that, but nobody had a father in the house, none of my friends.

I didn't have a father when I was growing up, and I vowed to be there with my kids.

We'll see. I'm getting better. I just don't want to push anything.

We need to look in the mirror. If we're going into the playoffs with the wrong attitude, it'll be over early for us.

If they want to lose games, that's on them. If they want to play us, it doesn't matter. You've still got to play the games. . . . We're not going to get in a war of words.

I don't know (Kennedy). I've met him a few times but I haven't spent any significant time with him. I don't care who they hire. I'll say Corie Blount. He's on the staff, so he should get the job.

I feel good. So just keep getting my rest and keep taking care of my body and I should be all right. It felt good, no pain, no pain right now so we'll see how I feel in the morning.

He was the only one. You can't win games that way.

He's going to be out for a while, so maybe it's my time to start rebounding the ball the way I'm capable of rebounding the ball. Grabbed a few (Saturday). Hopefully, I can keep it going.

Just trying to get back in the groove and get my conditioning back. Keep working on my game like I have been. Work on my shot, so when I'm open, I can knock that shot down.

I take the responsibility of representing the Denver Nuggets very seriously and I truly hope Nuggets fans understand that. I support the team fully and can't wait to rejoin them on the court as soon as possible.

It happens to the best of them. I got kicked out of plenty of games. Your emotions get the best of you sometimes.

I support the team fully and can't wait to rejoin them on the court as soon as possible. Right now, the focus should be on the playoffs and getting a game three victory.

I saw some highlights. I just got updates on the scores.

I'm sick of being hurt. Whatever I have do in order to play, I'm going to do, (whether it's) wearing back braces or whatever the case may be.

First and foremost, I want to apologize to my teammates and coaching staff for my actions on Monday night. There is nothing more important to me than being a good teammate and giving 110% effort each and every day. Nothing will ever change that.

We've been playing well, coming out and running and being aggressive as unit and getting it done. Hopefully we can keep it going for the rest of the season.

We got ourselves in that position by not playing defense.

People see what I did: walk off the court. I snatched my back brace off and threw it. I'm frustrated. We're losing. I'm frustrated. Whatever it is, people are going to assume. ... It is what it is.

The way we played against Milwaukee, we owed it to ourselves, the fans and the organization to come out and play better.

They made plays, we didn't. We just didn't make enough shots in order to win. We've just got to keep playing and not get down. That's all we can do.

It's not my choice where we play the game. I don't make the schedule. I just show up and play.

It's been mentioned. But I hate sitting out, so I want to play. I mentioned it, but I still want to play.

It's sad. The only thing you can do is pray and be strong for George. He's went through it and it's unfortunate that his son has to go through the same thing. He's in the position that he can take care of his family, so that's the most important thing.

Everybody around here knows what it is; everybody in the organization knows what happened. My teammates know what it is. Coach knows what it is. So ... believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. That's what I live my life on.

Take my jersey down. If he's not affiliated with the university, I don't want to be.

I want to start (in the playoffs). That's how I look at it.

I'm going to let him make that decision. But no matter what decision he makes, I'm going to be there for him.

I'm mad, but I don't want to rush it. If I didn't have the confidence that the other guys could do it, I would play.

(I remember) losing in the second round every year, and me not playing my senior year. Our upside was so great, everyone talking about us as the favorite. And then with me going down, that kind of took the energy out of everybody. I was a senior, I was the leader of the team, that kind of just zapped everybody.

He's made big shots. We'll live and die and with him shooting at the end. He's won games for us before, so we're not going to stop going to him now.

Aint nobody here think we could get no win but us

I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.