Ben Wallace Quotes

Ben Wallace

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : September 10, 1974

I definitely learned about having a good work ethic from my family. They showed me what it meant to go out and work for something and then how good it felt when you accomplished your goals.

Ben Wallace

In all honesty, I was hoping to use football as a path to play basketball in college.

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There are a lot of good, competitive junior college players, and I thought I did pretty well at Cuyahoga.

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VUU had won some national championships and had a great coach in Dave Robbins.

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You're supposed to be emotionally connected to the game.

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When your team needs you to fall back or your coaching staff needs you to fall back, they're going to pull you back a little bit.

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To have my jersey retired, it symbolizes the hard work that I put in, the dedication I had for the game, the love I had for the game.

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When I left high school, I wanted to go to Auburn, and they said they were going to let me go both ways. And my 'both ways' was 'football and basketball.' And their 'both ways' was 'offense and defense.' So it didn't work out for me.

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I played D-end and tight end.

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Yeah, I try to tell everybody - I don't think a lot of people believe me - that I'm the youngest and the smallest of eight boys. People don't believe me until they see us all together. I'm one of the tallest, but size-wise, I'm one of the smallest.

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Mom was 6-4, 235 herself.

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I sit around sometimes and think about it, how my mom definitely has to be one of the strongest people in the world.

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I started cutting hair when I was about 16. Everyone in the neighborhood would come by, and I'd come out on the porch and sit and cut. I'd charge $3 a head. Every time I earned some money, I'd give it to my mom.

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I've never been on a team where they've actually needed me to score.

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It feels good to just play in the All-Star Game. To be the first un-drafted player to start, I think it speaks volumes for those guys trying to make to the league that there are always opportunities if you just stay prepared.

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The All-Star Game is about going out and having fun, it's more for the fans. Whatever happens, happens.

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I always play one way, one speed.

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I think Shaq brings the best out of everybody.

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Life is what you give it, life is what you take from it. You give life. You take from life. How much do you take? How much do you leave behind?

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Legacies are built to last.

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