Rasheed Wallace Quotes

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

I always feel if I work hard, if I can practice 100%, then the results will come. Whether it's the first tournament, the third tournament, it's going to come.

You think I can be the MVP without practicing?

It's difficult to always perform well, to always go on the court and win and hit great shots. It takes a lot of time and a long learning process.

You want to win everything you can in practice.

We like to think that we practice so hard that the games are easy.

You practice how you play. I still believe that.

My game is getting better all the time. I'm consistently working hard, and I feel like I'm always doing the right things.

Practice makes perfect and if you practice battling and competing and working hard, then that will transfer over in a game. If you practice just kind of floating around out there in practice, you know that's going to transfer over, too. So I think the harder you work and the more you compete, then that's how you're going to play in a game.

My batting average has been good, so people ask how much luck is involved. I tell them when I work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I get lucky.

Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome

What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent every day. Whatever you don't give, you can't make up for tomorrow. If you give only 75 percent today, you can't give 125 percent tomorrow to make up for it.'

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win.

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

The more I practice, the luckier I get.