VUU had won some national championships and had a great coach in Dave Robbins. — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
There are no plays run for your sake as a defender - you just have to want it. — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a great scorer to be successful in this league. — Ben Wallace Football Copy Share Image
I learned how to play the game without using my athletic abilities while playing overseas. When I got my NBA opportunity, it… — Ben Wallace Football Copy Share Image
I never thought you could win when you've got five guys on the floor looking for the ball and no one out… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I played center but if I didn't have to guard guys damn near twice my size every night, I was free to… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Scoring isn't anything but a different challenge. I'm willing to take that challenge. — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
It is always something special to be a standout. But I never really look at that stuff. I just go out and… — Ben Wallace Business Copy Share Image
Any time you have a coach asking you what you think and what you want to do, it makes it easy for… — Ben Wallace Coach Copy Share Image
When your team needs you to fall back or your coaching staff needs you to fall back, they're going to pull you… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I know my time is limited as far as being a player. That's something I've already accepted and come to peace with. — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Some guys are just great basketball players and they have the knack for scoring, so people just allow them to get by… — Ben Wallace Ability Copy Share Image
What Boston basically said was, I didn't 'pass the eye test.' They were looking for somebody bigger, bulkier. They put me where… — Ben Wallace Boston Copy Share Image
When I became king on the court against my brothers, they stopped playing with me. When I started to learn the game,… — Ben Wallace Chance Copy Share Image
If you're not going to put in the effort, your size is not going to take you so far. As long as… — Ben Wallace Effort Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Wallace Earn respect Copy Share Image
A lot of people think the hardest thing about this game is making it into this league. As you get older and… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I met Draymond when he was about nine years old. We talked about basketball. It just making me feel good just knowing… — Ben Wallace Basketball Copy Share Image
On the offensive end you can work yourself into a rhythm, but on the defensive end you have to be aware of… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
If it takes someone yelling and screaming in your face to get you ready to play, then you're in the wrong business. — Ben Wallace Business Copy Share Image
When I took ownership on the defensive end, I made a commitment to myself to basically cancel out what was happening on… — Ben Wallace Commitment Copy Share Image
Once I had the opportunity to get my feet wet and play and enjoy this game, I just wanted to be on… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good, competitive junior college players, and I thought I did pretty well at Cuyahoga. — Ben Wallace College Copy Share Image
It's fun to see how the G League has grown and I'm excited to be a part of its upside and continued… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I leave everything on the floor so when I step off the floor I am already wind down. I don't hold anything… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I sit around sometimes and think about it, how my mom definitely has to be one of the strongest people in the… — Ben Wallace Mom Copy Share Image
Everybody knows I'm not on the floor because I'm great scorer or free throw shooter. It's because I'm out there to defend… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
One or two wrong turns where I'm from could put you on a path that's hard to reverse... We had to stick… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a guy that I carry to a fight and have to pull him back than a guy that I… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to go out and play hard for a guy where they know if they give their all on the defensive… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Charles Oakley was the first professional athlete that I met, period. That meant a ton. It proved to me that if I… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
Basketball, eventually I'm going to have to retire one day. Players are going to come in and take my job. But education,… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
I like coming back home. Do it every July Fourth. Everybody's cooking, and I'm just being Ben, just Ben, like the little… — Ben Wallace Copy Share Image
