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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. "
Shaquille O'Neal
Now
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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 average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess. "
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" There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade. "
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" I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play. "
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" We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing. "
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" I do what I do. Always. "
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" I've met a lot of artists who wanted to paint me. LeRoy Neiman was one. He did it from a photograph. He made 20,000 copies, and we sold them all. "
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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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" I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing. "
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" When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous. "
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" Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model. "
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" When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida. "
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" My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck. "
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" I just want to keep people entertained. "
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" I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean? "
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