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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALIt’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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I’m on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it’s all up in the medulla oblongata. I’ve got a lot up there. I’ve got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata.
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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’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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My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.
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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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But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
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I beat a lot of teams from the line. You have to have mechanics. But see, what people don’t know about my wrists is my wrists don’t go all the way back.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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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’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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When you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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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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Being here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
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Why don’t you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I’m stronger).
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I just want everyone to know I’m suing Ruben Studdard. He had his hand on my ass and he wouldn’t let go.
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