We’re focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it’s not good enough to get you fat. We’re trying to get fat.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALGet his master’s in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around.
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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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They asked me when I was out there, ‘Why do you want to be traded?’ I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That’s backwards, man.
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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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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they’re in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I’m doing stuff like that all over.
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As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I’ve got to do get my guys going I’ll do it every time. If I have to be the bad guy sometime, I’ll guess I’ll take that. That’s what a leader and a general and a chief of police does.
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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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I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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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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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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The only person who can really motivate you is you.
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He’s a jokester, and that’s funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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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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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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