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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI 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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The only person who can really motivate you is you.
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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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I endorse only products I actually use. Like Wheaties keeps offering me money, but I don’t eat Wheaties, so I can’t do it. Now, if Rice Krispies or Frosted Flakes offered me a deal, I’d take it right away. Apple Jacks, I’d be on the box in a heartbeat. Apple Shaqs. Yeah.
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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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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’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’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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I know how to turn the bad into good always.
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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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