Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Rasheed Wallace

Honestly, I don't play basketball games. I'm more into fighting games like 'Mortal Kombat' or RPGs.

Some of the technicals I deserved. Cussing at the officials or throwing something. But some of them I didn't deserve.

I think people can see that I go hard.

If it was true that I just cared about the money, then my whole attitude would be different. I want to win every game, and I want to go out a winner.

It doesn't have to take a Portland Trail Blazer or a professional basketball player to do good things in the community. You can work at a bank or work at a 7-Eleven.

As long as somebody 'CTC,' at the end of the day I'm with them. For all you that don't know what CTC means, that's 'Cut The Check.'

When I was in my heyday, of course I had those who hated me. They were supposed to hate the opposition. But it's good, though. It feels good.

My attitude is to win.

You might get fouled and have a no-call, but let's still go out and hoop. Just beat them up the other way, and that's with the scoreboard.

I just love Portland, man. For real.

I was never one to feed into what the media was saying about us, especially out there in Portland because I was so in-touch with the people everyday.

The only people I care about are my wife and kids, my mom and brother, close friends to the family. Anybody outside my circle, I could care less.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.

I wouldn't say it's to the point where I hate him or nothing like that because he's not with my mom or he wasn't there when I was growing up. He's my father whether I like it or not - he helped give me life. So I still love him and everything. Sometimes I wished he was with me, and other times I didn't.

What I tell a lot of the younger guys is, 'My speed isn't the same, my agility isn't the same, but yet I still can talk.' That's an extra defender out there.

You know that social media can be a harsh thing, man.

Some of the fans are mad at me, some of the fans cheer for me, I can't worry about that.

To me, Portland, there's a lot of things to do out there especially if you have a growing family.

Life ain't fair, period.

I keep going back to Flint for one reason: the people. They still have hope. They just need to know that there are other people who still care about them.

I only know one speed.

To me, once you lose that step or two, you pick up a step or two with your head.

Everybody needs help, even Superman. That's why he had the Justice League.

Ball don't lie!

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

The NBA is 95% mental and 5% physical, so it's more in my favor now with me being older.

There are a lot of talented guys in the league, short and tall.

Two of my bread and butters are my ankle and knee. That's why I always wore high-tops. I had to protect my ankles no matter if I taped my ankles or wore ankle braces. I gotta protect my ankles. Gotta protect the money maker. That's why I've always rocked the Air Force 1s. Of course, I put in orthotics in there 'cause these joints is flat.

I have this particular shoe with blood stains, marked all up sitting in my office. I always look at it everyday.

Flopping shouldn't get you nowhere.

People walking down the street would just say 'Ball don't lie.' I kinda feel like Bobby McFerrin, the mastermind behind 'Don't worry, be happy.'

I'm not scared of the NBA. I'm not scared of the NBA officials.

In college you could say 'Coach, let's go to zone,' when you're tired.

I always wore natural high tops.

A wise man knows when to go 'head and back off so you gotta pick and choose your fights. I know how to pick and choose.

I'm not the type of player to let the 3s get me down: 'Oh, I'm missing a couple of 3s. I don't want to do this no more.' No, I'm out there playing basketball, and I'm not going to let that get me down.

I love Air Force Ones. That's the shoe I grew up with in Philadelphia. My older brothers got me wearing them and I just stuck with them. Everyone in the neighborhood used to wear them. It's retro. It's tradition. That's me, old school.

I hung out in Northeast Portland, I hung out in Beaverton. I knew a lot of people on every demographic. For me out there, I loved my time out there.

I'm not sure how I became that way. But I've always been that way. Every team has to have at least one emotional player on the squad, or it wouldn't feel like a real squad. That lifts the squad up whenever it's down. That's what I try to do.

That's what I hang my hat on, is defence.

Real ballers don't golf.

I already accepted that I can't jump no more. I'm not as fast as I used to be. I accepted that already. That's where you become more smart, make that first step or two before that quick player can get there. I gotta make this jump shot, so I'll give a pump fake because I know that he can jump higher than me.

The heart of that player will determine how he plays.

I am a confident person. I can make predictions or whatever, that is just my confidence level. If I got out there and do that, fine. If not, ain't no tears coming out of my eyes.

The things I do, I do for me, not for no publicity stunt or cameras or whatever.

I have to say that to myself a lot - to be patient.

If I retire from this league and I haven't won at least one championship, I'll feel like all my years in the league would be a failure.

Once my family grew bigger I loved Portland more.

I know, playing in schoolyards, and summer leagues, that I can hit the three.

Look, I'm not a water expert. I'm not a scientist. But I've been to Flint. I've seen what's happening. We have a third-world situation still going on in the United States of America. That's the truth.

To me it seemed in college ball, guys are more hungry. It's for a different circumstance when you're talking about playing for money and playing for heart. Not saying that guys in the NBA don't play for heart, but once you get that money, you're under a different mindset.

Everyone in their career is going to go through a slump, but the thing is how you react to it. You're either going to talk about it or you're going to try to shoot your way out of it and I'm going to try to shoot my way out of it.

That's what the CTC means, whoever cuts that check, that's who I have to play for.

I came up with my natural logo and ya know, just dealing with Nike I was like can y'all put my logo on the shoes and, you know. At that time I think other guys had logos or specific names on the shoe. So they was like yeah - let's rock and roll.

I lived across the street from my elementary school, and in the schoolyard we could always go play there and know we were safe.

A shooter takes shots, a shotter makes shots.

There are a lot of elderly people in Flint who are homebound and can't get the supplies they need.

Growing up raising three boys on your own is either gonna make you strong or make you crazy. It definitely made my mom strong.

If I feel as though myself or my teammates have been dealt a wrong hand, I'm going to let it be known.

I never liked Duke. I don't know why. Just never did. Guess they were always a heavy favorite and I liked to go with the underdog.