I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALThe best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don’t know. I’ll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don’t know anything about him, and it’s kinda sad.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don’t know. I’ll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don’t know anything about him, and it’s kinda sad.
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If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I’d probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one.
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Every time that I’ve won a championship I’ve looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said ‘You know what, I’m going to win it this year. I feel that way now.
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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 very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.
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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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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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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.
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I told him I’d think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.
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That was a foul, young lady. You know that was a foul. Don’t ask dumb questions.
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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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Now that I’m an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don’t go to the gentlemen’s clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.
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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 stats win nothing. I’m still sexy. I’m still great.
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