I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
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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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Now that I’m an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don’t go to the gentlemen’s clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.
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Y’all reporters like my quotes, don’t you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.
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He’s the president. I’m the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.
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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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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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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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Get his master’s in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around.
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As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I’ve got to do get my guys going I’ll do it every time. If I have to be the bad guy sometime, I’ll guess I’ll take that. That’s what a leader and a general and a chief of police does.
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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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If you don’t stick to simplicity, you’ll die a horrible death.
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It’s LeBron’s team. He’s the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I’m now in the security business. My job is to protect the King, and that’s what I’m here to do.
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Everybody is not going to like it, but I don’t care if they like or not. I’m Bush, so if they don’t like it resign.
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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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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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When you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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