--- title: "20 Trying Quotes By Shaquille O'Neal" description: "20 Trying quotes by Shaquille O'Neal. Plus more from Shaquille O'Neal and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to_1181559.jpg" --- > [Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to-dunk-dunk-dunk/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to_1181559.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_write-this-since-my-boy-is-the-coach-i-m_22831.jpg) > [I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-not-going-to-try-to-go-out-there-and-outdo-him-i-don-t-have-to/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-m-not-going-to-try-to-go-out-there-and_1922225.jpg) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/we-re-just-going-to-come-out-and-play-we-know-that-we-re-supposed-to/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_we-re-just-going-to-come-out-and-play-we_2446141.jpg) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-said-what-i-felt-and-people-try-to-control-people-but-you-can-never/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-said-what-i-felt-and-people-try-to-con_2982142.jpg) > [Somebody out there was trying to use my language and trying to speak for me. Rather than have that happen, I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/somebody-out-there-was-trying-to-use-my-language-and-trying-to-speak/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_somebody-out-there-was-trying-to-use-my_2640216.jpg) > [It's his show and I'm just trying to make him look good. If we were the same age there might be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/it-s-his-show-and-i-m-just-trying-to-make-him-look-good-if-we-were/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_it-s-his-show-and-i-m-just-trying-to-mak_1816240.jpg) > [No matter where they put people, no matter how they try to promote people, there aren't too many people in the game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/no-matter-where-they-put-people-no-matter-how-they-try-to-promote/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/shaquille-o-neal-659_and-off_no-matter-where-they-put-people-no-matte_1122260.jpg) > [I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-ve-been-playing-on-christmas-for-the-last-10-11-12-years-so-just/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/shaquille-o-neal-659_baby_i-ve-been-playing-on-christmas-for-the-l_103509.jpg) > [We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/we-re-focusing-on-the-whole-pie-not-a-slice-a-slice-is-good-but-it-s/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_we-re-focusing-on-the-whole-pie-not-a-sl_1369898.jpg) > [He looks like a woman coach sometimes. I guess he's just trying to get into certain people's heads, but it won't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/he-looks-like-a-woman-coach-sometimes-i-guess-he-s-just-trying-to-get/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_he-looks-like-a-woman-coach-sometimes-i_1578811.jpg) > [Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/let-s-put-it-in-old-movie-mafia-terms-there-are-guys-that-are-in/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_let-s-put-it-in-old-movie-mafia-terms-th_1238147.jpg) > [I'm not really worried about my numbers now as a 36-year-old. I'm not trying to be the first, experimental case of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-not-really-worried-about-my-numbers-now-as-a-36-year-old-i-m-not/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-m-not-really-worried-about-my-numbers_1950358.jpg) > [I'm more like a senior adviser so I don't like to come in here and try to take over. Just like your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-more-like-a-senior-adviser-so-i-don-t-like-to-come-in-here-and/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/shaquille-o-neal-659_adviser_i-m-more-like-a-senior-adviser-so-i-don_3081393.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-m-still-the-baddest-expletive-in-the-w_20447.jpg) > [Some things you just can't question. Like you can't question why two plus two is four. So don't question it, don't try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/some-things-you-just-can-t-question-like-you-can-t-question-why-two/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_some-things-you-just-can-t-question-like_512536.jpg) > [That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/that-game-was-dedicated-to-rick-adelman-i-m-at-home-in-the-bathroom/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_that-game-was-dedicated-to-rick-adelman_1222819.jpg) > [We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/we-want-stuff-done-right-as-long-as-it-s-my-team-i-ll-voice-my/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/shaquille-o-neal-659_asks_we-want-stuff-done-right-as-long-as-it-s_1277873.jpg) > [I'm dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up. I never make a face when they try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-m-dominant-every-night-i-come-in-every-night-and-get-beat-up-i/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-m-dominant-every-night-i-come-in-every_3168273.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/i-said-it-jokingly-so-this-guy-was-just-trying-to-stir-something-up/) [Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquille-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_i-said-it-jokingly-so-this-guy-was-just_2423986.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/shaquille-o-neal/#itemlist", "name": "20 Trying Quotes By Shaquille O'Neal", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shaquille O'Neal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquille-o-neal/against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to-dunk-dunk-dunk/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to_1181559.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to_1181559.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/shaquille-o-neal-659_basketball_against-bradley-every-time-i-m-trying-to_1181559.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.” — Shaquille O'Neal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. 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