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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALAs 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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Being that I’m a tropical black man I don’t get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That’s why they call me Sasquatch. There’s no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.
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The problem with kids these days is they don’t have enough fun stuff to do. When I was stationed with my family in Germany, youth basketball programs gave me something to strive to do my best at.
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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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The only person who can really motivate you is you.
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There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they’re in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I’m doing stuff like that all over.
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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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The stats win nothing. I’m still sexy. I’m still great.
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My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.
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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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Once you learn how to do something, you don’t lose it. Unless you die.
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I’m a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that’s how I am. I’m true.
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I’m going to be on a mission. I’ve handled my personal vendettas and handled them well.
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You know, I’m very photogenic.
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It’s sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn’t. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don’t.
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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 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 would like to be referred to as ‘The Big Aristotle’.
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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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Everybody is not going to like it, but I don’t care if they like or not. I’m Bush, so if they don’t like it resign.
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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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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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This is a guy who they would have secret meetings about to change the rules. So, that’s going to be my legacy: the most dominant player ever.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.
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