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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBut 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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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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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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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 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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But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
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When you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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No matter where they put people, no matter how they try to promote people, there aren’t too many people in the game today that are on my level on and off the court.
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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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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
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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.
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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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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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My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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