140 Quotes by Ben Wallace

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.

I think that says a lot about the guys here; being dedicated to winning. And it says a lot about the organization being dedicated to winning and what they have to do to keep this group together.

I guess you could say we usually learn our lessons and not come out the next game and make the same mistakes.

Larry 'let' me be a part of the offense? ... That was deep right there. When I'm on the floor, I've got to be part of the offense. There's just no other way to have it. I think Larry did a great job of throwing little wrinkles out there. He called my number here and there and got me the ball in places where I can be effective. If I'm out on the floor, I'm going to be part of the offense. Unless it's Rick Carlisle, and I'm just standing around.

Before when you had coaching changes, you always wonder what he's going to do new. I'm confident in this team. Right now we could play for any coach. It doesn't matter who's coaching us.

I think Dice is one of those that last year probably suffered the most. After the loss, he was really down. He really wanted it. We did what we could do to try to win it, so this year we're going to go out there knowing how he felt last year after losing the championship.

I didn't know anything about it, but I think that's a sign of consistency. We go out and play hard every night, not take shortcuts and we usually don't pick up fouls. We keep guys off the line, force them to take tough shots, force them to beat you, not beat yourself.

Right now, that's what we're playing for. We're not worried about who they put in front of us or who we've got to play this week or next week. We're just trying to win every game we possibly can.

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.