There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they’re in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I’m doing stuff like that all over.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALBut, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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The biggest thing that will define my legacy is how I’ve done it, and what I’ve done, and who I am. I’m a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies.
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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 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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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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Being here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
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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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I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
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It was a weird game. There was ugly shooting and a lot of turnovers and mistakes, and we were just fortunate to get the win.
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I’m a very quotatious person.
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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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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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I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what’s best for them, including me.
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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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