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" I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money. "

Shaquille O'Neal

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" I have never been a shooter. "

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" That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore. "

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" If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman. "

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" I'm a mama's boy above all. "

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" I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way. "

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" Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else. "

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" But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older. "

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" One lucky shot deserves another. "

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" Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family. "

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" I'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side. "

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" I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me. "

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" Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me. "

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" I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution. "

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" Because I'm so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small. "

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" This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain. "

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" I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either. "

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" As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. My father was kind of funny. I'd score 40 points. I'd come home and say, 'Look dad, I scored 40.' He'd never have a smile on his face. He'd be like, 'I saw that move you did. What if you'd hurt your knee?' "

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" I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing. "

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" We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter. "

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" I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that. "

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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, some have greatness thrust upon them.' "

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" I started out as a young Ninja and killed all of the Shoguns. I am a Shogun now and I'm holding my spot. There probably won't be another Shogun after this. "

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" For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.' "

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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 a man. "

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" I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games. "

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" I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'. "

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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 a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. "

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