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.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI really get motivated when I have doubters.
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Every time that I’ve won a championship I’ve looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said ‘You know what, I’m going to win it this year. I feel that way now.
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I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn’t want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.
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Once you learn how to do something, you don’t lose it. Unless you die.
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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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The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
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Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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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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I’m a very quotatious person.
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I’m going to be on a mission. I’ve handled my personal vendettas and handled them well.
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The stats win nothing. I’m still sexy. I’m still great.
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Pluto is not a planet, but I am.
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I’m pissed off. ‘Cause I knew I did something wrong. I’ll have a hell of a season if I win the championship and average 20 points a game.
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Being that I’m a tropical black man I don’t get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That’s why they call me Sasquatch. There’s no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.
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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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