--- title: "7 Five Quotes By Shaquille O'Neal" description: "7 Five quotes by Shaquille O'Neal. Plus more from Shaquille O'Neal and more Five sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/shaquille-o-neal-659_asking_nobody-s-going-to-tell-me-how-to-be-diff_213863.jpg" --- > [Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/nobody-s-going-to-tell-me-how-to-be-different-so-stop-asking-me-stop/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/shaquille-o-neal-659_asking_nobody-s-going-to-tell-me-how-to-be-diff_213863.jpg) > [Donald Trump is a great friend, and he has four or five Picassos on his plane. And that's where I would look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/donald-trump-is-a-great-friend-and-he-has-four-or-five-picassos-on/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/shaquille-o-neal-659_donald_donald-trump-is-a-great-friend-and-he-ha_1544137.jpg) > [There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/there-was-a-kid-that-had-five-brothers-and-sisters-and-the-family-was/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/shaquille-o-neal-659_antonio_there-was-a-kid-that-had-five-brothers-a_1670401.jpg) > [I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-have-a-lot-left-there-s-only-four-or-five-good-centers-in-the/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-have-a-lot-left-there-s-only-four-or-f_1899951.jpg) > [There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/there-is-nothing-for-me-to-be-sour-about-what-you-got-to-understand/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_there-is-nothing-for-me-to-be-sour-about_2535506.jpg) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/if-i-don-t-get-five-titles-i-won-t-be-happy-with-myself-as-a/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/shaquille-o-neal-659_ball-player_if-i-don-t-get-five-titles-i-won-t-be-ha_2877439.jpg) > [Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/phil-took-us-to-the-finals-three-out-of-the-five-years-and-you-want/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_phil-took-us-to-the-finals-three-out-of_3039989.jpg) ## Other authors on Five ## More by Shaquille O'Neal > [ I failed, I think, seven \[or\] eight times before I finally got my first \[championship\]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-before-i-finally-got-my-first/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded - period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/and-if-the-big-dog-ain-t-me-then-the-house-won-t-get-guarded-period/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/and-i-want-to-do-it-the-right-way-like-everybody-else-not-just-a/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [I don't send messages, I'm not a fax machine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-don-t-send-messages-i-m-not-a-fax-machine/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-told-our-guys-they-must-not-have-cable-because-antoine-walker-knows/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-was-really-upset-i-felt-like-they-tried-to-limit-me-whoever-they/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [Keep in mind, I'm not allowed to be tough. I'm tamed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/keep-in-mind-i-m-not-allowed-to-be-tough-i-m-tamed/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-still-the-baddest-expletive-in-the-world-yeah-i-m-getting-older/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/write-this-since-my-boy-is-the-coach-i-m-going-to-try-out-for-the/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/everybody-talks-about-being-a-role-model-but-if-you-look-up-the-word/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/why-don-t-you-bring-your-face-up-here-and-let-me-punch-it-then-you/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-known-as-the-big-baryshnikov/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/enunciation-diction-all-that-stuff-none-of-that-is-in-my-personality/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-told-leonard-in-the-immortal-words-of-tom-cruise-in-mission/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/stats-don-t-matter-i-care-about-winning-not-stats-if-i-score-0-points/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/five/shaquille-o-neal/#itemlist", "name": "7 Five Quotes By Shaquille O'Neal", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. 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