Obviously, Sam is the type of guy that hides behind his pen and pad. I promise you he wouldn’t say that to my face in a dark alley where it’s just me and him and no witnesses.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALAs my great friend Aristotle said, ‘If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.’ I’m not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.
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Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain’t nothing but a sandwich.
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I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I’m not from this planet. Earthlings don’t faze me.
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I should have done better, but it was just a very ugly and weird game… I knew the game was going to be an ugly game when I saw those three guys at the scorer’s table. Ugly people call ugly games.
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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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Przybilla can’t guard me when I’m 27, 37 or 47.
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I’m still here. I’m a force to be reckoned with… you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot.
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I’m very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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It’s his show and I’m just trying to make him look good. If we were the same age there might be a little tension, but I’m on my way out… I am here to serve your every need, King James.
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If he were on fire, he couldn’t act as if he were burning. He can’t out-act me on the big screen.
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A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I’m going to say, ‘ouch.’ If I pinch your right nipple, you’re going to say ‘ouch.’ A foul is a foul and a flagrant is a flagrant.
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I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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I’m going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year – I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.
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Get away from my house. What do you want?
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As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.
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I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn’t want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.
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The stats win nothing. I’m still sexy. I’m still great.
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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I’m still the Shogun.
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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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Talk to the guys that ain’t doing nothing, don’t talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
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But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older.
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I’m always ready for a change. I’m Irish. I’m a leprechaun.
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You know, I’m very photogenic.
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He’s the president. I’m the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.
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