The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Stay out of the gentlemen's clubs. Get a lot of rest. Just have fun and relax and stay focused. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
The Big Cactus... because if you come too close, you're gonna get stuck. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If you go 72-11 and don't win (the championship), it doesn't mean anything. Actually it does. It means you've cheated and played… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's my job to make him look good. He's a very good looking man, so it's my job to keep him looking… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy 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… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't have to make a point. I'm George Bush. I'm the president. I built that arena, so I don't have to… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Get your tickets now. Buy cable now. Get your jerseys now. Pull your boats up to the docking stations now. Bring your… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
You know what's crazy about Yao? He speaks perfect English. A lot of people don't know that. Perfect English. When I was… — 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
I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with… — 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'm a realist. I like to put it in business terms. I ran three different corporations my way and I was successful.… — 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
That's sort of a trick question, and I don't have a trick answer. Next question, please. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't know how it is for you earthlings, but where I'm from, strength is mental. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him. — 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
Like my good friend Eminem the rapper says, you only get one shot. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion. — 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
