Shaquille O'Neal quotes

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. (Shaquille O'Neal)
David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do. View quote
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And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded-period. View quote
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I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'. View quote
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I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA. View quote
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Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! View quote
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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). View quote
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We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing. View quote
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My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck. View quote
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I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess. View quote
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This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain. (Shaquille O'Neal)
We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game. View quote
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Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team. View quote
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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. View quote
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I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet. View quote
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That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore. View quote
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I'm a mama's boy above all. View quote
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I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play. View quote
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I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship. View quote
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It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it. View quote
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I have never been a shooter. (Shaquille O'Neal)
I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution. View quote
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If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman. View quote
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I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money. View quote
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Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's rights for them and their family. View quote
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