Rasheed Wallace Quotes (35 Quotes)

This wasn't any kind of statement -- you make statements in the playoffs. This was just playing a game against a very good team.

We just have a little bit more freedom. L. B. is a more technical coach, who wants you to run your sets, but Flip says that if we see an opening, we should go ahead and attack.

That's really important as we get into the playoffs. We're going to get tired, we're going to sit down and won't be able to play the whole 48, so they're going to have to come in and do the things they've been doing the last few games.

That's when guys get to trash-talk. And it's pretty much stroll down Memory Lane. You know, when cats say, 'Oh, back when I was playing, when we went to the tournament and this and that.' It's just a stroll down Memory Lane more than anything.

Body (Wallace) was blocking shots left and right, grabbing rebounds. The kid's a monster. I am just glad he's on my side.

We still don't get the respect we deserve. It's all right, though. Hey, it's cool. For the last so-and-so years, we've been under the rug. They swept us under the rug and the last two years we went to the Finals.

It wasn't no statement. It was just another game. Statements aren't to be made until playoff time.

Just doing the normal things. Nothing spectacular.

I'm a friend. This event is a blessing for us to be here. I'm thankful that we are here and we woke up this morning. My heart pours out to the families and I will do anything and everything in my power to do my part in helping to resolve this situation quickly. I pray every day for the families that have lost or are currently missing their loved ones.

There's no rivalry here. We just play.

I don't care about that number 16. Y'all should know that coming from me. It ain't going to change nothing about us and what we doing. Y'all should know that.

I knew he was real excited when I saw him taking pictures of his all-star jersey with his camera phone. That's when it finally hit him that he made it. But I'm happy for Rip. I'm happy for Chauncey and the whole organization.

I know they're not coming together like Rick (Carlisle) wants them to, but it's going to be a good game (today). We'll be ready full-force again and have everybody back.

Sometimes we drop to the level of our opponents. We had that loss to Atlanta, knowing good and well we shouldn't have lost to them. Same with a few other losses this year. I tell you, if we play on our consistent high level, we'll be fine.

I don't care about No. 16. I'm just going to be cheering from home.

We knew if we were going to win this game we were going to have to go out there and play hard and make those diving plays, those hustle plays. And that's what we did to get back into the game and took it from there.

There are lot of people in the media out here not focused on team play. We get more praise from high school coaches or small-college coaches about our team's play than a lot of media. I think the NBA is still more one-on-one, got to score, got to dunk and all that. That's not us.

I don't have the slightest (idea), but they better come up with something.

Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.

We got the moral victory with the two wins this year. But they got the overall by getting us in Game 7 last year. We're just trying to get back to there, and get back what's ours.

It happens. We missed some shots and they hit some shots. It's a tough loss, but it's not like an end-of-the-season loss. We just have to go back into the gym and get ready for New Jersey on Tuesday.

I'm not a big fan of individuality. My wife and kids will like it, but I'd rather have a championship.

As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.

We don't see ourselves as four All-Stars. We see ourselves as one unit. It's like five fingers on a hand. You can do more damage together as a fist than spread out flat.

If it happens, it happens. It's monumental that four from one organization are here. That's good for the organization. If he does put all four of us out there together, it'll be cool.

He lifted their morale a little bit. Obviously he's a great coach. He has three or four 'ships (championships) and he's won over 1,000 games, so definitely, he lifted their morale. But as far as long range I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.

It's just unfortunate he was never able to get to that Big Dance (Final Four) that he wanted to. Coach Chaney is a heck of a coach.

We know it's going to be a playoff atmosphere. We only played them once, and we can't sit here and brag and have a chip on our shoulder like, 'We put them out last year and we beat them early this year.' Because you can be beat on any given night in this league.

Ain't no pressure games or big games for us. We're just playing. We're just playing basketball.

We just couldn't make a shot. We had to buckle down and play some defense.

Not really. That's nothing that ever came up in the locker room or in team meetings.

We started the season with that chip from last year. We had to wait all summer and then wait through this long regular season. All of that other stuff was just in the way. This, the playoffs, is what we've been waiting for.

It's nothing like, 'We've really got to go stick it to these guys this time.' It's nothing like that. It's always a good game when we play them, whether it's at their spot or at our spot.

I can't speak for other teams, but for us, we're definitely trying to voice our objection. I don't have a problem with that dress code if a man is injured and has to be on the bench during games. But it's kind of crazy to sit up there and try to tell us how to dress on the way to work. We're not in that head office in New York. To me, that's crazy.

I told him, if they see us, you know, hey, Carolina will have to do their thing. That's been a pretty good rivalry over the last few years.