Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.
Shaquille O'Neal

Pain, Football, Basketball

I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'.
Shaquille O'Neal

I'm a mama's boy above all.
Shaquille O'Neal

Above, Boy, Mama

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

Movies, Big, Weird

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.
Shaquille O'Neal

Funny, Guy, Nicknames

I'm short and to the point.
Shaquille O'Neal

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
Shaquille O'Neal

Money, Tired, Hearing

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

Give, Side, Educated

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.
Shaquille O'Neal

Calling, Painter

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal.
Shaquille O'Neal

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Different, Tell, Everybody

One lucky shot deserves another.
Shaquille O'Neal

Another, Lucky, Shot

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.
Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball, Down, Put

We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
Shaquille O'Neal

Win, Big, Whole

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Play, Another, Stand

When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.
Shaquille O'Neal

Tell, Righteous

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

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

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Time, Answer, Figure

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

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 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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Night, Play, Against

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.
Shaquille O'Neal

Done, Put, Playing

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

After, Young, Another

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Nationality: American

Born: March 6, 1972

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