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.
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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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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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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I’m a very quotatious person.
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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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Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I’m still the Shogun.
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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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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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A lot of times when I buy a lot of toys, I get a little jealous and keep one or two for myself. So I’ve got a couple of drones. I’ve got a couple of remote-control cars. I like to have fun
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I’m dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up.
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You know, I’m very photogenic.
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I don’t believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don’t know where your next meal is coming from.
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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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Everything happens for a reason.
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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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Stay out of the gentlemen’s clubs. Get a lot of rest. Just have fun and relax and stay focused.
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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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They asked me when I was out there, ‘Why do you want to be traded?’ I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That’s backwards, man.
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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.
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I just said to myself, ‘Damn, I’m a great player.’
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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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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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I’m just getting better and better. It’s just like a bunch of worker bees protecting the king bee, because I’m not a queen bee. I’m a king bee.
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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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I’m always ready for a change. I’m Irish. I’m a leprechaun.
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If you don’t stick to simplicity, you’ll die a horrible death.
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