When you sit down and sift through most of what Webber has said since the day he began speaking about being traded to the Kings from Washington in 1998, the truth is that the man has maintained a consistent, if occasionally disheartening, philosophy throughout. And when you focus what he has said through the basic mindset of Webber rather than, say, the noggin of Maloof, you come ever so much closer to understanding why he's unlikely to be around Sacramento a year from now. There is one seminal quote from Webber, taken just as his first season with the Kings was getting under way in 1999, that undoubtedly has been repeated way too many times already. So let me just go ahead and repeat it here. Time will not make anything better.
Time is just a means to an end.
Time, in this situation, is a means to a definite, unadulterated, non-negotiable end. Now, in the time since, Webber has said just about everything else at least once. It's all rather confusing until you chart Webber's actions themselves. When you do that, it becomes apparent that his very first significant quote is the one worth remembering. The man is on track in every aspect.