And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBut, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
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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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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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Stay out of the gentlemen’s clubs. Get a lot of rest. Just have fun and relax and stay focused.
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If I were a painter, you’d be calling me Shaqcasso.
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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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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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Przybilla can’t guard me when I’m 27, 37 or 47.
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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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Being here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
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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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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 would like to be referred to as ‘The Big Aristotle’.
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If he were on fire, he couldn’t act as if he were burning. He can’t out-act me on the big screen.
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Get away from my house. What do you want?
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I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
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