He’s the president. I’m the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALWhen you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don’t remember what I said last night.
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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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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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Anyone 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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This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what’s best for them, including me.
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When you flop, that’s just another message that you don’t know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.
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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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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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My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.
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Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. Went to the police academy to become a police officer.
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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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Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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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’m going to be on a mission. I’ve handled my personal vendettas and handled them well.
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I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.
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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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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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It’s his show and I’m just trying to make him look good. If we were the same age there might be a little tension, but I’m on my way out… I am here to serve your every need, King James.
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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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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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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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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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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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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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