Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Shaquille O'Neal

Sports, Money, Tired

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Family, End, Everything

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.
Shaquille O'Neal

God, Perfect, Nobody

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.
Shaquille O'Neal

Number, Front, Ninja

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Business, Famous, Job

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

Money, Bad, Changed

Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).
Shaquille O'Neal

Why, Here, Tell

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

Hurt, Pain, Game

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?
Shaquille O'Neal

Single, Mean, Start

I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.
Shaquille O'Neal

Problem, Worry, Solution

I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.
Shaquille O'Neal

Strong, Dominant, Wilt

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

Sports, Game, Why

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

School, Sleep, Father

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!
Shaquille O'Neal

Answer, Offense, Theorem

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

Time, Place, Team

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

Down, Two, Enough

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

Nothing, Game, Everything

Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?
Shaquille O'Neal

Saying, Negative, Somebody

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Game, Play, Challenge

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Mother, Parents, She

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

Down, Friends, Said

I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.
Shaquille O'Neal

Looking, Three, Guys

I do what I do. Always.
Shaquille O'Neal

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

Playing, Situation, Games

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.
Shaquille O'Neal

Guess, Dominant, Taller

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Nationality: American

Born: March 6, 1972

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