Quotes from Rasheed Wallace

Ain't no worst part about retiring! Believe me.

Personally, it doesn't matter to me if I had the worst career stats in N.B.A. history as long as I got my 'ships. The 'ships, it shuts everything up.

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

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

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

I just go out there and 'D' up. Everybody can make a layup, but everybody can't play 'D.' Just winning, that's all that matters, that's the bottom line. Get a win.

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.

When people look at me, ask me, or say something to me, they know I'm Philly.

I would rather be here in the Philly Hall of Fame than the NBA Hall of Fame.

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.

It's for a different circumstance when you're talking about playing for money and playing for heart.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Once my family grew bigger I loved Portland more.

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.

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

When I was with Washington, Portland, Detroit, everybody still got love for me and I still got love for them.

It all starts with post play.

Two minutes, 30 minutes, whatever, as long as I'm contributing to the team for the 'W.' If I score a point and we win, hey, it's the sorriest point I've ever scored but we got the win.

If you've got one guy you know is going to get that ball in crunch time, it's easier to defend him. But if you have five guys who can get that ball in crunch time, it's harder.