Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain’t nothing but a sandwich.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALThe day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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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’m very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.
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I told him I’d think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.
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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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Stats don’t matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I’m happy. If I score 50, 60 points, break the records, and we lose.
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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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The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don’t know. I’ll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don’t know anything about him, and it’s kinda sad.
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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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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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If he were on fire, he couldn’t act as if he were burning. He can’t out-act me on the big screen.
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Some things you just can’t question. Like you can’t question why two plus two is four. So don’t question it, don’t try to look it up.
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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don’t remember what I said last night.
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If I were a painter, you’d be calling me Shaqcasso.
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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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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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I just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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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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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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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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Talk to the guys that ain’t doing nothing, don’t talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
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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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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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I’m on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it’s all up in the medulla oblongata. I’ve got a lot up there. I’ve got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata.
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