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'NEALEvery 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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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’m still here. I’m a force to be reckoned with… you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot.
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If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I’d probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one.
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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
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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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I’m always ready for a change. I’m Irish. I’m a leprechaun.
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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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When you’re righteous, you don’t have to tell people that you’re righteous.
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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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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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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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We’re focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it’s not good enough to get you fat. We’re trying to get fat.
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Why don’t you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I’m stronger).
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I beat a lot of teams from the line. You have to have mechanics. But see, what people don’t know about my wrists is my wrists don’t go all the way back.
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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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Everything happens for a reason.
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I would like to be referred to as ‘The Big Aristotle’.
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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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The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don’t know. I’ll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don’t know anything about him, and it’s kinda sad.
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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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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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My wrists are crooked and don’t go all the way back. I’ve been practicing and working on them. You can’t do everything good.
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Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
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My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.
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My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.
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I should have done better, but it was just a very ugly and weird game… I knew the game was going to be an ugly game when I saw those three guys at the scorer’s table. Ugly people call ugly games.
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