I don’t believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don’t know where your next meal is coming from.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALAs my great friend Aristotle said, ‘If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.’ I’m not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.
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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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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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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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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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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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Obviously, Sam is the type of guy that hides behind his pen and pad. I promise you he wouldn’t say that to my face in a dark alley where it’s just me and him and no witnesses.
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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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I just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
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If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I’d probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one.
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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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Every challenge you put in front of me, I’ve handled it, dismantled it – ate them, dropped them off in the bathroom and flushed them away.
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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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I’m ready to go. As big men in the league, there are two who have done something special during this millennium. I’m one and Tim Duncan is the other.
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My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.
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I’m dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up.
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