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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. "
Shaquille O'Neal
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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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" 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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" 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 put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet. "
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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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" One lucky shot deserves another. "
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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 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'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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" I have never been a shooter. "
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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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" Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about 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'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side. "
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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 would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'. "
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" I do what I do. Always. "
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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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" When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous. "
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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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" 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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" 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 knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA. "
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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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" I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. "
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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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" 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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