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" I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing. "
Shaquille O'Neal
Everything
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" Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team. "
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" I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain. "
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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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" Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! "
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" I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'. "
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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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" Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect. "
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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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" I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me. "
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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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" 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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" I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. "
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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 started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. "
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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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" Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two is five. "
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" My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh. "
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" We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing. "
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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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" Generals don't panic; then the troops never panic. "
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" One lucky shot deserves another. "
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" I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be. "
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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. "
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" I'm short and to the point. "
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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'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. "
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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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" 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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