People talk about the term 'sacrificing your body' and I've done that. — Jermaine O'Neal Body Copy Share Image
I wanted to show people that I'm not a bust. I can play. I can do this. — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I didn't come back to Indiana just to compete. I want to win the finals. — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
Going from a situation where you're the best player on the court every time to the fourth-best player in your position, it… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I didn't meet my father until he was 30, and he died nine months after that. — Jermaine O'Neal Father Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear that I don't want to gut a team that I come to because then it'll be… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
If my team isn't motivated, it's my fault. I can't consider myself the best of the best until my team is able… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
If I am not physically able to play for the Celtics, then why would Miami want me? — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I really wanted to focus on my legs, and get the legs strong, get the quads strong so I can control the… — Jermaine O'Neal Control Copy Share Image
If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes? — Jermaine O'Neal Army Copy Share Image
The one thing I get asked about weekly when people see me who have never met me before is about the damn… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I wanted to prove people wrong who didn't think I could play at this level. I also wanted to take care of… — Jermaine O'Neal Best players Copy Share Image
I had a fantastic time in Boston with the city, the fans were phenomenal, the organization was phenomenal, I just don't know… — Jermaine O'Neal Boston Copy Share Image
I'll go into Ruth's Chris. They'll have my room in the back and I'd go to pay the bill and somebody had… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
Some of these parents in the basketball world want to be paid for their kids and want to be given this and… — Jermaine O'Neal Basketball Copy Share Image
I'm getting to the point, I'm in my 11th year, I don't want to play 82 games and then exit to watch… — Jermaine O'Neal Championship Copy Share Image
I'm continuing to figure it out every single year: Life is a challenge, and the ones that succeed in life are the… — Jermaine O'Neal Failure Copy Share Image
When people question your integrity, when people question who you are from afar, when they've never had a conversation with you, and… — Jermaine O'Neal Control Copy Share Image
You can look back on a lot of things and things that could have been changed, but ultimately those things make you… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm a very emotional player. I use emotion because my team feeds off it. — Jermaine O'Neal Emotion Copy Share Image
Well one thing you can't say is that I don't know basketball. — Jermaine O'Neal Basketball Copy Share Image
I know how hard it is to win a championship in this league. — Jermaine O'Neal Championship Copy Share Image
At 40, your body and your mind doesn't do the same thing as it used to do. — Jermaine O'Neal Body Copy Share Image
Everything else I've been able to enjoy, but a Finals game is something that I desperately want to do I want to… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm going to try to give everything I've got, and hopefully whatever I got is good enough to help my team win. — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm not in a position physically to take in five years of losses and downtime. — Jermaine O'Neal Downtime Copy Share Image
Some guys come in and they're super-humble and they get some success and then they change, everything changes. They become too big… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm a player that has sat, literally, on every side of the good, of the bad, of the ugly. — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
One thing about me, I think, over the years I've walked onto the court earlier than I was supposed to and it… — Jermaine O'Neal Court Copy Share Image
There are only two things that probably can stop me from playing - rapture, God coming back, and an ACL injury. — Jermaine O'Neal God Copy Share Image
I have so much love and respect for the Indiana Pacers, for the NBA, for fans, because they do support us in… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
