Quotes about basketball
basketball team play
Every team that plays us plays above their heads. That's because of me. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball mean men
They want to beat the Don Dadda. It means, 'The Man.' Shaquille O'Neal
basketball fall years
I'm the LCL - the Last Center Left. I've been doing the same things for 13 years, but now they're flopping and falling, and the refs are falling for it, too. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball lasts lines
I'm the last in the line of Russells and Chamberlains. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball team years
I'm not really worried about my numbers now as a 36-year-old. I'm not trying to be the first, experimental case of a 36-year-older trying to maintain his numbers, especially when I'm on a team like this. Can I do the same stuff I could do when I was Amare's age? Of course not. I'm not going to even try. However, I feel that I'm the baddest 36-year-old out there. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball shooter
I have never been a shooter. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball boys mama
I'm a mama's boy above all. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball might someday
Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball dream father
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. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball pythagorean-theorem answers
There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball mom mother
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. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball media excellence
For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.' Shaquille O'Neal
basketball police done
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. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball names clubs
Well, I don't remember all the names of all the clubs we went to Shaquille O'Neal
basketball lucky shots
One lucky shot deserves another. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball pythagorean-theorem perfect
Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball stronger faces
Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger). Shaquille O'Neal
basketball jobs player
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. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball worry problem
I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball games play
Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball football pain
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball being-strong want
I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball way pay
I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball sports golf
If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball night media
We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot. No more night life, no more warm weather and no more a lot of media attention. . . . I guess this was his first shot at getting something big. I guess he had to take it. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball guy defense
We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball football play
If they want to play football, we can play football. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball running player
I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball intelligent black
Nietzsche was so intelligent and advanced. And that's how I am. I'm the black, basketball-playing Nietzsche. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball two firsts
I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right out. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball toilets paper
Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball fall two
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. Shaquille O'Neal
basketball compare can-not
But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one. Shaquille O'Neal