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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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" 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.' "

Shaquille O'Neal

Media

Habit

Friends

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" Art is a process of delivering or arranging elements that appeal to the emotions of a person looking at it. It's what you feel. "

" I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me. "

Shaquille O'Neal

Right Way

Game

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

" David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Shaquille O'Neal

Slow

Numbers

" Donald Trump is a great friend, and he has four or five Picassos on his plane. And that's where I would look at them. "

" I'm on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it's all up in the medulla oblongata. I've got a lot up there. I've got a lot of knowledge... in this medulla oblongata. "

Shaquille O'Neal

Mission

Know

" 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. "

Shaquille O'Neal

Look

Myself

" 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, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game. "

" When I get old, I'm going to the old folks' home. I don't want to be one of those guys who's hanging around the house bothering the kids. But not just any old folks' home. I want the whole top floor. "

" 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. "

" I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship. "

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

" One lucky shot deserves another. "

" I do what I do. Always. "

Shaquille O'Neal

Always

" I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. "

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

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

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

Shaquille O'Neal

People

Done

" When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida. "

" Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team. "