Shaquille O'Neal
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.Collection: Christmas
Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.Collection: God
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.Collection: Knowledge
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.Collection: Famous
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.Collection: Car
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.Collection: Sports
I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.Collection: Movies
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?'Collection: Smile
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.Collection: Family
If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.Collection: Sports
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.Collection: Great
The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kinda sad.Collection: Sad
Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).
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.
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?
I'm a mama's boy above all.
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.
I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie.
I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.
Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it's natural.
Whenever I see a celebrity that comes to watch me play, I'm going to do for them the same thing they've done for me - bring them some type of joy.
We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter.
When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.
I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either.
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.
I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing.
I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.
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.'
Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!
When you're in championships, it's never about what you do. It's always about what other people do.
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.'
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 don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.
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.
We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.
Generals don't panic; then the troops never panic.
But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.
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 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.
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.
I don't know anything about cars. I can promise you that.
I do what I do. Always.
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 am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.
My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.
I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.
That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore.