Rasheed Wallace Quotes

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.

I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for.

The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.

I wasn't trying to make First Team All-NBA. I just wanted to win.

Being in the NBA, being successful, being able to win championships at the highest level in the world, there's certain core values that you have, certain things you have to follow.

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.

I just want to continue to play great football - that's all that matters. I don't really care about the accolades or any of that.

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA.

I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat.

Even when I was playing, I never thought much about the individual honors. I wanted to go to the Super Bowl.

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?

Everyone always says you have to be on the best team, the team that wins. Oh, no, no, no. I disagree with that.

I'm probably the least famous of any guy who's worked as much as I have.

I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

I had team-mates who didn't care if the team won or lost because they were not playing. I never wanted to be like that.

That's something I learned at Lyon: how humble and grounded the best players in the world are. They're always wanting more. At Lyon, they're winners. At England, it's the same.

I am not a superstar or an ego. I am just the same as I always was: Someone who plays football.

There'd be days in high school where I thought I played well, my team got the win, and I'd go to the gym still in my uniform, and my dad would say, 'C'mon, let's go. We have more work to do.'