Ben Wallace Quotes

Ben Wallace

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : September 10, 1974

It's fun to see how the G League has grown and I'm excited to be a part of its upside and continued development.

Ben Wallace

If you put in that work and you work hard, you're honest with yourself about it, good things will happen.

Ben Wallace

A lot of people think the hardest thing about this game is making it into this league. As you get older and you accomplish most of your goals - all of your goals - you find out the hardest part of this game is walking away.

Ben Wallace

Everybody wants to go out and play hard for a guy where they know if they give their all on the defensive end, they're going to get rewarded on the offensive end.

Ben Wallace

It's a great honor to be named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team as a starter. It's great to earn respect from your teammates and coaches, but to also get that same respect from other players around the league and then the fans - that is special.

Ben Wallace

I met Draymond when he was about nine years old. We talked about basketball. It just making me feel good just knowing that he actually listened and he applied everything I talked about to basketball.

Ben Wallace

You go out there, you pound your knees for 12 minutes, then you come and sit for 12 minutes, your back gets tight. Then you've got to go back out there for another 12 minutes and then come and sit for 12 minutes, and then maybe at the end of the game your team needs a stop and you can't help your team. It pounds the knees and stiffens up your back.

Ben Wallace

When you gel together as a team, you don't have to go out there and try to beat the world by yourself.

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I always wanted to be a leader.

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I've been playing video games ever since I could afford to play video games.

Ben Wallace

Some guys are just great basketball players and they have the knack for scoring, so people just allow them to get by with that ability without teaching them anything new, without really coaching them.

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I never thought you could win when you've got five guys on the floor looking for the ball and no one out there doing the little things.

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If you say your door is always open and we can always talk about things and you'll be willing to listen, and when I come to him to talk about something that's bothering me that I think is hurting the team, if you don't do anything to change it, then that's the last time I need to talk to you.

Ben Wallace

Carlisle was cool. He's one of those coaches who said his door was open and you went to talk to him, if he didn't believe in what you said, he'd tell you and say, 'I'm not going to do it that way, it won't work.' You can't do nothing but respect that.

Ben Wallace

You are not going to be young forever, but my motto is, 'You can't change what I was.'

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I know my time is limited as far as being a player. That's something I've already accepted and come to peace with.

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It's about just staying healthy, being on the floor, doing what you do. That's my niche, really. That's what I bring to the table. And every night I step on the floor, I just try to go out there and be aggressive, attack the boards, rebound the basketball, and give my team a chance to score.

Ben Wallace

I'm not a defensive specialist, I'm a basketball player.

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I leave everything on the floor so when I step off the floor I am already wind down. I don't hold anything back.

Ben Wallace

Anytime you are named as an all-star is one thing. But to be named a starter in an all-star game that was definitely a great experience for me and is something I will remember for the rest of my life.

Ben Wallace