The only person who can really motivate you is you.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALAnyone 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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I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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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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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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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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As 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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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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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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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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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 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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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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He’s a jokester, and that’s funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
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Tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’
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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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I don’t know how it is for you earthlings, but where I’m from, strength is mental.
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