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
best energy everybody fun game pick playing seemed start
It's contagious. Everybody else seemed to pick that energy up and start pressuring them. I like playing like that. It makes the game fun for me, and I think it's the best way for us to get a win.
couple enjoy goes hit looks seeing sophomore start weight
I used to play with the weights, but once I hit my sophomore year, I got serious. That's when I got addicted. You know, you start seeing a couple of rips and you like how it looks and you keep working, and it goes from there. Now I am addicted. I enjoy working out. I enjoy being in the weight room.
art basketball lost playoffs recognize regular starting team teams together tough win
Team basketball is a lost art nowadays, but it's always going to win. You can win in the regular season, but if you don't play together as a team it's going to be tough to win in the playoffs teams. And I think now teams are starting to recognize that.
bail effort giving ourselves start stretch three tough victory
We put ourselves in a tough situation. We had to bail ourselves out with our defense. If we play like that for three quarters, it's going to take an effort like that down the stretch to get a victory. We have to start giving that effort from the start.
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.
everybody minute possibly
It's not a problem. Everybody here is healthy. Everybody here is energized and we want to play every minute we can possibly play. It's not a problem. This is what we do.
everybody hurt ready
Everybody is hurt and disappointed right now. But everybody is going to come back ready to play.
ask playing
Everybody's playing together, everybody's playing in sync. That's all we can ask for right now.
against funny problems
Again, it was funny how many problems Shaq had against 68
minutes played ready
It's not about how many minutes we played. It's about being ready to play the way we've played all season.
camp chance guys training
I haven't been through a training camp in a year, so I just wanted to get through that training camp, see what we had going on, ... Give the young guys a chance to shine.
early easy leading stops talked
It was mentioned. We talked about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops and it was leading to easy baskets.
bit hoping hungry night reason step taste
I've had a little taste of success. But I think the reason I'm where I'm at, the reason I do the things I do, is because I'm always hungry for more. I feel like every night when I step out on that floor, that I can do a little bit more. I think I can do a little something extra. That's what I'm hoping for.
good nights test
It was one of those nights where I wanted to test everything. Some nights you get lucky. Tonight, was one of those nights. I was able to get good looks.