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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBefore I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
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Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain’t nothing but a sandwich.
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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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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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It’s sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn’t. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don’t.
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As 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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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 dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up.
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I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it’s not how you start the date, it’s how you finish it sir.
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I should have done better, but it was just a very ugly and weird game… I knew the game was going to be an ugly game when I saw those three guys at the scorer’s table. Ugly people call ugly games.
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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn’t always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.
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I’m still here. I’m a force to be reckoned with… you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot.
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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don’t remember what I said last night.
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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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