I would like to be referred to as ‘The Big Aristotle’.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI’m going to be on a mission. I’ve handled my personal vendettas and handled them well.
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Being that I’m a tropical black man I don’t get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That’s why they call me Sasquatch. There’s no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.
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I just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
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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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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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The only person who can really motivate you is you.
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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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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 know how to turn the bad into good always.
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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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When you flop, that’s just another message that you don’t know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.
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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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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 am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.
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I don’t know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don’t know.
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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’m always ready for a change. I’m Irish. I’m a leprechaun.
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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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I just want everyone to know I’m suing Ruben Studdard. He had his hand on my ass and he wouldn’t let go.
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As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.
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I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don’t remember what I said last night.
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But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
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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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Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I’m the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.
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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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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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