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
build couple expect months night
We don't expect to go out there in one night and be back to where we were a couple months ago. We have to build that.
anybody bigger chasing opportunity sending worried
We're chasing something bigger than Miami, or anybody else. We have an opportunity to do something special. We're not worried about sending messages.
basketball bites dug fight garbage hole
We dug a hole and had to fight to try and get back in the game. And when you play like that, sometimes it just bites you in the end -- when you play garbage basketball for the first 24 minutes.
stick
We're always going to stick to our concept. There's no need to change.
goes key plays relaxed trying
That's the key to our success. Everyone just goes out and plays their role. No one is trying to do it by themselves. Everyone is just relaxed and going through the flow.
bigger deal goes
That's the way it goes if that's the case. I'm not going to make a big deal of it. There are bigger things still to go after.
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.
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.
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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.
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.