My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALTalk to the guys that ain’t doing nothing, don’t talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
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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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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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I’m pissed off. ‘Cause I knew I did something wrong. I’ll have a hell of a season if I win the championship and average 20 points a game.
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Przybilla can’t guard me when I’m 27, 37 or 47.
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Probably a lack of concentration. I always hit them during practice. I just need to concentrate. Even though I should a lousy percentage,
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My wrists are crooked and don’t go all the way back. I’ve been practicing and working on them. You can’t do everything good.
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Talk to the guys that ain’t doing nothing, don’t talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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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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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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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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I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn’t want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.
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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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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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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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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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Y’all reporters like my quotes, don’t you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.
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(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can’t stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.
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I’m a combination of the Terminator and Bambi.
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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 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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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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Some things you just can’t question. Like you can’t question why two plus two is four. So don’t question it, don’t try to look it up.
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He’s a jokester, and that’s funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
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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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