Quotes from Rasheed Wallace

A shooter takes shots, a shotter makes shots.

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

When the ball don't lie, you can look at it as, OK, if I put that hard work in with shooting, what's going to happen? The ball is going to go in more. If I'm doing a lot of hard work, in the gym, in the weight room, I'm putting that hard work in - then throughout your career, that ball is not going to lie.

The heart of that player will determine how he plays.

Every kid likes to be read to, or just even have an adult play with them, no matter if it's little girls with a tea party or boys playing in the dirt, it's all part of being a kid. It's something we all went through.

There's times where I could take all the shots every time I touch the ball, but that's not me. I just play a team game and just take open shots.

I will go off at times. Overall, I'm a pretty good teammate.

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

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

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.

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.

Of course, everyone knows my history as far as technical fouls, but I don't think you can match the intensity that I bring to the floor.

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

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

This is America, but the way that the people of Flint are being treated with this water crisis is like a third-world country.

Hey, people have their own opinions. But when I'm on the floor and I don't see somebody giving their all - I'm going to demand an effort. I'm out there to win games, and that's the bottom line.

That's how you get better on defense; not just 'oh, man, my guy beat me,' but you have to think about, 'okay, my man beat me, so I either have to pick up the next man, or I'm going to give somebody a foul.

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.

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.'

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.

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

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 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.

Real ballers don't golf.