Men Quotes by Shaquille O'Neal

21 Men quotes by Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal brings his court confidence to reflections on men, delivering humor and honesty in equal measure. Twenty‑one quotes capture his unmistakable voice.

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I'm still the Dun Dada of all big men.

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I am a tropical black man.

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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.

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They want to beat the Don Dadda. It means, 'The Man.'

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I dribble rhymes like basketball... People call me 'E.T.' What's that, Shaq man? 'Extra Tall.'

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As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.

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I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness,…

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When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like…

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They asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like…

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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…

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Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'

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I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.

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You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you…

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There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually…

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I've been 11, 12 percent body fat my whole career. But when you've got a big, sexy, beautiful man that's up in…

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Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring…

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Being that I'm a tropical black man I don't get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That's…

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Man, I don't wanna do what all the other guys do. I don't wanna end up in the booth after the games…

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I'm still here. I'm a force to be reckoned with... you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and…

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Word has it, they think I'm an old man, and they're not gonna double me. My message is that I'm the baddest…

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Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the…

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And if the big dog ain't me, then the house won't get guarded - period.

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And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is…

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I don't send messages, I'm not a fax machine

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I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how…

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I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter…

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Keep in mind, I'm not allowed to be tough. I'm tamed.

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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.…

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Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.

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Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything…

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Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).

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I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov.

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Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.

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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…

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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…

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