My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBeing here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
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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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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’m a very quotatious person.
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If you don’t stick to simplicity, you’ll die a horrible death.
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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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I don’t believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don’t know where your next meal is coming from.
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All of my projects are done right because I know the game, and I consider myself a rap expert.
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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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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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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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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I’m still the Shogun.
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I don’t take anything personal. I just have a certain file in my head, so Earthlings must be careful with what they say.
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I don’t get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.
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I endorse only products I actually use. Like Wheaties keeps offering me money, but I don’t eat Wheaties, so I can’t do it. Now, if Rice Krispies or Frosted Flakes offered me a deal, I’d take it right away. Apple Jacks, I’d be on the box in a heartbeat. Apple Shaqs. Yeah.
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