Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
More Shaquille O'Neal Quotes
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I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don’t remember what I said last night.
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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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Yeah, D-Wade called me up last night and said that he saw some film of me in high school and thinks that my form then was better and that I should shoot like that.
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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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I’m a very quotatious person.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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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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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
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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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But 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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I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I’m not from this planet. Earthlings don’t faze me.
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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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Why don’t you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I’m stronger).
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I’m a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that’s how I am. I’m true.
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