You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn’t matter if a guy is bigger and stronger. It’s not my fault I ate my Frosted Flakes when I was little, and you ate Wheaties.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBeing here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
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When I come back, we’ll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.
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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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Stats don’t matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I’m happy. If I score 50, 60 points, break the records, and we lose.
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I’m a combination of the Terminator and Bambi.
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Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I’m the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.
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The only person who can really motivate you is you.
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I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.
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If you don’t stick to simplicity, you’ll die a horrible death.
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I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it’s not how you start the date, it’s how you finish it sir.
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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what’s best for them, including me.
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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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He’s a jokester, and that’s funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
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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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Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I’m still the Shogun.
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I think I’m the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, ‘That’s barbecued chicken down there.’
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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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Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. Went to the police academy to become a police officer.
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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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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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I don’t know how it is for you earthlings, but where I’m from, strength is mental.
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I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
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Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
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They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn’t always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.
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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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A lot of times when I buy a lot of toys, I get a little jealous and keep one or two for myself. So I’ve got a couple of drones. I’ve got a couple of remote-control cars. I like to have fun
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