I’m going to be on a mission. I’ve handled my personal vendettas and handled them well.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI 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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If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we’re both going to say ouch.
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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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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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That was a foul, young lady. You know that was a foul. Don’t ask dumb questions.
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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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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’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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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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Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,
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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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If I were a painter, you’d be calling me Shaqcasso.
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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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When I come back, we’ll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.
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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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Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. Went to the police academy to become a police officer.
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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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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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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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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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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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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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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.
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A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don’t finish the date – you know what I mean?
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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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I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.
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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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