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
I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent.… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously,… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't see us having a problem. It's going to be my job to manage the locker room, anyway, so it will… — 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
I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn't exist. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I've got to do get my guys going I'll do it… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When you've got a guy that's going to look for you, you run. A lot of people think I can't run, but… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
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… — 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
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
David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I think he got an incidental elbow in the face, messed up his pretty red lips a little bit. But other than… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me. And the one guy who didn't vote for me, thank you, too. — 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
Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Doesn't matter. If I would've had a beer before the game, I would've been drunk. So I don't believe in 'if.' — 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
I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my… — 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
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
I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games. — 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
I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't see anybody, in any conference, that can shut me down. Any conference, anywhere in the world. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to grow up. I guess I'm like Peter Pan. Grown-ups have problems. I want to stay happy. — 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
Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like the Tom Hanks character in Big. But my life is not a movie. I never have to go… — 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
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 Image
And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded - period. — 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 he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
