Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
SHAQUILLE O'NEALWhen you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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Some things you just can’t question. Like you can’t question why two plus two is four. So don’t question it, don’t try to look it up.
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I came here with the perfect chemist’s perception. The formula they had was perfect and any added ingredient could make it go bad or worse.
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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we’re both going to say ouch.
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I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.
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When you flop, that’s just another message that you don’t know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.
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I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
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Get his master’s in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around.
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A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don’t finish the date – you know what I mean?
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There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we’re planning for the parade.
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They asked me when I was out there, ‘Why do you want to be traded?’ I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That’s backwards, man.
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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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I don’t get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.
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I just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
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I would like to be referred to as ‘The Big Aristotle’.
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