It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Coach (Pat) Riley told us on June 8 we'd win the title on June 20. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Afterwards I said Chris Webber was going to leave as a free agent and Sacramento would go back to expansionism. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
They say things happen in three. I won with the great Kobe, the great D-Wade and now it's my job to win… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If I don't get five [titles], I won't be happy with myself as a basketball player. I don't know how you guys… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.' — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Me having a beautiful wife and great family and friends around me, all the money I've got, all the things that I've… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me about this the other day. A young Shaq and a young Penny, the young Shaq's going to take over.… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Guys have made livings off me. Nick Anderson got a new contract. Travis Knight got a new contract off me. As a… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq... the guy on the court. But there is another side to… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I think everything happens for a reason. With my game being the way it is, if I did shoot 80 percent, I'd… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Win or lose, I am programmed to do more. That's because I am the other son of Jorel - Superman. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
That has nothing to do with basketball. That's just because I'm sexy. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Alvin's the coach. We must be the Clippers. And I must be Olowokandi. Nooooo! — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm a season kind of guy - not the preseason but the regular season. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
“This is the team that when you look at it, you say, ‘This is our time.” — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Their unselfishness, the way they play and their poise factor. When you never panic, that's a great sign. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I make the game easy. Double and triple me, I'll kick it out to you for a wide-open shot. I'll add years… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
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,… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
One time, I put up 40, 50 points dunking on Shawn Bradley. After the game, he brought his family over. He was… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded - period. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect.… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
I told Leonard, in the immortal words of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2, 'I'm going on vacation. If I tell you where I'm… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
Stats don't matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I'm happy. If I score 50, 60… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share
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