Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
Ben Camey Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bulletsas an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityWhite Hall, AL
carried carry seems step until
Chauncey has been big all season, and he carried us today. Every game, if we are struggling, someone seems to step up and carry us until we get going again.
gaining looked strength
I don't think he looked like he was winded at all. To me, he looked like he was gaining strength.
allowed focus good job side stayed strong
I don't think we did a good job executing. I think we stayed on the strong side a little too much and allowed them to focus in on what we were doing.
good playing shoulders team trying
He's not out there trying to take the team on his shoulders by himself. He's playing good team ball.
adjust continue dictate force game officials second sort
In the second half, I wanted to continue to play the game and not let the way the game was being called dictate the way I was playing. Sort of force the officials to adjust to me and not try to adjust to them.
next time understand
I really couldn't understand how it was really going. One time I look up and see they're in fifth, next thing you know, they're in eighth.
game guess learn lessons next
I guess you could say we usually learn our lessons and not come out the next game and make the same mistakes.
everybody healthy wish
You wish everybody would get healthy and be where they want to be and do their job.
excited overly poised stay team veteran
You've got a veteran team here and we're not going to get overly excited about (technical fouls) or anything like that. We're going to stay focused, stay poised and play our game.
continue energy focus hard wasted win work
All that hard work is nothing if we don't continue to play the way we've played. Everybody's focus here is to win a championship. If we don't take that energy into the playoffs, it'd be a wasted season.
kicking might react situations telling
This is one of those situations where if you don't react the way you react, there's no telling what might have happened. Years from now you'll still be kicking yourself in the butt because you didn't react.
capable couple guys losing takes teams
All it takes is for guys to come out and make a couple shots, and you find yourself on the losing end. We know what teams are capable of doing.
answer arms basketball best came career few heart league opened played question select stepped team teams willing
You know the answer to that, ... I think I came here and played the best basketball of my career here. This team and this organization opened their arms up to me, and they let me come in when only a select few other teams around the league were willing to do that. And you know they stepped up to the plate. So there's no question where my heart is at.
dead loved serious stood unless walk
I loved what that place stood for. You didn't walk into that place unless you were dead serious about working out.