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title: "18 Referee Quotes By Shaquille O'Neal"
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> [Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/why-aren-t-the-nets-playing-in-newark/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [Tell them it was a foul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/tell-them-it-was-a-foul/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [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/)

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> [The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/the-nba-is-fairy-tale-and-real-life-mixed-together/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [I got into foul trouble, so I really kind of had to play on egg shells from there on out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-got-into-foul-trouble-so-i-really-kind-of-had-to-play-on-egg-shells/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [About strip clubs and athletes. The best way I can explain why a lot of players end up there is because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/about-strip-clubs-and-athletes-the-best-way-i-can-explain-why-a-lot/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn't matter if a guy is bigger and stronger.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/you-guys-make-the-rules-up-so-a-foul-is-a-foul-it-doesn-t-matter-if-a/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [There's two kinds of dirty - dirty and sewer-dirty. Danny Ferry is sewer-dirty and has been ever since he was at Duke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/there-s-two-kinds-of-dirty-dirty-and-sewer-dirty-danny-ferry-is-sewer/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/shaquille-o-neal-659_dirty_there-s-two-kinds-of-dirty-dirty-and-sew_496502.jpg)

> [When I retire, I'm going after his job. If I don't make sheriff, I'm going after his job. He's not that good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/when-i-retire-i-m-going-after-his-job-if-i-don-t-make-sheriff-i-m/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/shaquille-o-neal-659_ifs_when-i-retire-i-m-going-after-his-job-if_2334212.jpg)

> [If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/if-you-take-a-needle-and-stick-her-in-the-booty-and-take-a-needle-and/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-know-that-this-is-sport-first-and-business-second-and-people-have/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-the-first-player-in-history-that-doesn-t-want-to-play-defense-and/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I'm going to say, 'ouch.' If I pinch your right nipple,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/a-pinch-is-a-pinch-if-you-pinch-my-right-nipple-i-m-going-to-say-ouch/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [I think the new ball is terrible. It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made. It's terrible. It's like touching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-think-the-new-ball-is-terrible-it-s-the-worst-decision-some-expert/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/the-nba-s-been-around-how-long-a-hundred-years-fifty-years-so-to/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/you-gotta-fight-all-the-karate-guys-and-once-you-kill-them-off-now/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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> [It gets bigger every time you go over. In China, there was Yao Ming stuff everywhere. I'm just fortunate to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/it-gets-bigger-every-time-you-go-over-in-china-there-was-yao-ming/)

[Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/)

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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…](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/)

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## 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/)

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