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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALThey 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 don’t know how it is for you earthlings, but where I’m from, strength is mental.
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You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn’t matter if a guy is bigger and stronger. It’s not my fault I ate my Frosted Flakes when I was little, and you ate Wheaties.
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Yeah, D-Wade called me up last night and said that he saw some film of me in high school and thinks that my form then was better and that I should shoot like that.
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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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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 respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.
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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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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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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
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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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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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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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I really get motivated when I have doubters.
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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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