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
easy energy ourselves regardless type
When we come out and play the way we did tonight, we always make it easy on ourselves regardless of who we're playing. If we play with this type of energy and effort, we usually make it easy for ourselves and that's what we have to get back to doing.
goal playing regardless
Nah. Our goal is still the same, regardless of where we're playing or who we're playing against. It's still the same.
game playoffs regardless time
Every time we play Miami, regardless if it's in the playoffs or a regular-season game or pre-season game, the tension, the excitement, everything is there.
regardless
That's how we've been all year. We don't panic, regardless of the situation.
capable continue panic playing regardless scoring situation
That's how we've been playing all year. We're not going to panic regardless of what the situation is. We're just going to go out there, execute, continue to try and get stops. We know if we get stops, we're capable of scoring the ball.
chance compete games level lose regardless trophy winning year
Right now, it's not about winning 50 games, 60 games, whatever. Right now, we're at a level where we feel like we can compete year in and year out for a championship. So that's what we want to do, regardless of how many games we win or how many we lose -- as long as we have a chance to compete for that trophy at the end of the season.
couple good regardless team
I don't know -- that's why we play the games, ... We've got a new coach, new system, got a couple new guys, so regardless of how good you are as individuals, it's going to take a team effort.
beat focus game played teams tough type
When we come out with that type of focus and that type of energy, it's tough for teams to beat us. When we play the way we played tonight, we make it look like that. We make the game look easy.
active basketball care defensive easy offensive playing taking
When we got out there and are active on the defensive end that allows us to get easy baskets on the offensive end. Taking care of the basketball and getting set defense, that's when we're playing Pistons basketball.
game help last losing motivated road san
We're motivated to keep this up because we want home-court advantage, after losing Game 7 on the road at San Antonio last year. That will help us get back to being champions.
excited knows takes team veteran
We are a veteran team that knows what it takes to go out there and execute. We know that sometimes it goes, and sometimes it does not. There is no need to get excited about any one situation. We know we have to go out and play the game.
win
We know you can't win a championship in December. We've been there before.
We know what we've got to do and we know what we're not doing. We just have to go out there and get it done.
beginning care season taking win
We set out from the beginning of the season to try and win every game. It's not about who we're playing, it's about going out there and taking care of our business.