“Doesn't matter. If I would've had a beer before the game, I would've been drunk. So I don't believe in 'if.'” IfsBelieveMatterGamesWinningBasketballDon't BelieveDrunkBeer Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn't. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don't. When I come back, we'll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveSaidDoneKidsGuyGamesWinningStepsNeededRight NowBasketballStep UpKarate Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“This really isn't a game we really should be proud of. This game is liking taking your kids to the zoo. You're supposed to take your kids to the zoo. You're a father. So a team like that, we're supposed to beat them like this.” ShouldKidsFatherGamesWinningTeamProudBasketballBeatsBe ProudZoos Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If you go 72-11 and don't win (the championship), it doesn't mean anything. Actually it does. It means you've cheated and played an extra regular-season game.” IfsMeanDoeGamesWinningBasketballSeasonsExtrasChampionshipCheated Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.” IfsPersonsReasonHappensAbleGamesLinesBasketballHumbleThings HappenArrogantEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree ThrowArrogant Person Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.” MightGamesCoupleBasketballSeriesWorking ItNow And ThenChampionshipProvenMillenniumHacksPlayoffsFree ThrowShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels and he's complaining (on TV) about how I'm stepping over the line. I can't even do a No. 2 in peace. I'm sitting there grunting at 12:30 at night. Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?” TryingI CanHomeNightGamesLinesTvsOne DayBasketballSittingNegativeComplainingDedicatedBathroomDumpFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think everything happens for a reason. With my game being the way it is, if I did shoot 80 percent, I'd be a harder person to deal with. It just keeps me humble. Just imagine me in my game shooting the same percentage that Reggie Miller shoots. I wouldn't even talk to you guys because I wouldn't have to.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsReasonHappensGuyGamesDealsImagineBasketballPercentHarderHumbleThings HappenShootingPercentagesEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“A writer from ESPN magazine once described me as the world's largest eleven-year-old. That's true. I ride my Sea-Doo jet ski, play putt-putt golf, go to water parks, and act silly. On the bottom floor of my house in Beverly Hills, I have video games, a pool table, a Pepsi machine, and all the things they have in arcades. I drive go-karts, at least the ones I can fit in. I karate-chop my friends when they come over, like the Kato dude in the Pink Panther movies.” WorldYearsI CanPlayGamesHouseWaterSeaFitBasketballMy FriendsMachinesTablesGolfBottomSillyVideoMagazinesHillsParksPoolElevenJetKarateSkisPanthersBeverly HillsPepsiEspnArcadesPink PantherPool Table Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I make the game easy. Double and triple me, I'll kick it out to you for a wide-open shot. I'll add years to your career.” YearsGamesEasyCareersBasketballShotsAddWideKicks Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“No matter where they put people, no matter how they try to promote people, there aren't too many people in the game today that are on my level on and off the court.” PeopleTryingMatterTodayGamesLevelsBasketballCourtAnd Off Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“For once in my career, I won't have to hold anybody's hand and they won't have to hold mine. I'm surrounded by veterans. We had a great battle last Thursday at HealthPoint. It was something I never had before - three, four, really great players all in one pickup game.” HandsLastsThreeGamesCareersFourPlayerMinesBattleBasketballReally GreatVeteranThursdayPickupsGreat Battle Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think it would be a boring game if everybody was the same, just like it would be boring if you guys asked the same dumb questions.” IfsThinkingWould BeGuyGamesMediaBoringDumbNbaDumb Questions Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Man, I don't wanna do what all the other guys do. I don't wanna end up in the booth after the games telling you what I think and talking smack about the guys on the floor when they are a lot better than that. I wanna be different. I don't wanna be known as Commentator Shaq. I wanna be a doctor or something good. I wanna be Dr. Shaq, Officer Shaq, Deputy Shaq.” ThinkingMenDifferentEndsGuyGamesTalkingKnownMediaDoctorsNbaOfficersDrsOther GuysCommentatorsSmackDeputiesShaqSmack Talk Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.” GamesBasketballNbaFlash Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It was a weird game. There was ugly shooting and a lot of turnovers and mistakes, and we were just fortunate to get the win. I should have done better, but it was just a very ugly and weird game... I knew the game was going to be an ugly game when I saw those three guys at the scorer's table. Ugly people call ugly games.” PeopleShouldDoneGuyThreeGamesWinningMistakeSawsBasketballShould HaveTablesUglyShootingFortunateNbaTurnoverUgly People Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“One time, I put up 40, 50 points dunking on Shawn Bradley. After the game, he brought his family over. He was like, 'This is my wife. She wants to take a picture.' I'm like, 'Nice to meet you.' I smile into the camera, take the picture, and then feel guilty about dunking on him so many times.” WantFeelsGamesNiceWifeBasketballCamerasMy WifeGuiltyNbaOne TimeI SmileDunkingNice To Meet You Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.” MovingGuyAsksGamesDemandBasketballShotsNbaCheap Shots Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“All of my projects are done right because I know the game, and I consider myself a rap expert.” KnowsDoneGamesProjectsRapExperts Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.” WantPlayFunnyGamesMoneyDrinkBasketballTiredInvestmentHearingSavingHockeySavingsI'm TiredBasketball PlayerFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballFunny MoneyGood BasketballNba PlayerFunny BasketballBasketball GamePlaying BasketballPepsiPopular SportsPythagorean Theorem Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.” PlayMotivationalPainGamesSportsHurtBasketballToughBlockTough Games Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” PlayGamesChallengesBasketballTreatsAskingCheckers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.” IfsGamesSportsBasketballGolfWoodsTigersPlaying Golf Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.” WayMotivationalGamesGivenBasketballSpotsHeyRight Way Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.” MotivationalGamesSituationBasketballNervousNervesPlaying Games Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” PeopleKnowsWantSaidHardGamesFiguresTheoryOne DayBasketballLike MeTheoremsPythagorean Theorem Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” IfsKnowsTryingPlayMotivationalNextGamesWinningFocusBasketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Stats don't matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I'm happy. If I score 50, 60 points, break the records, and we lose, I'm pissed off. 'Cause I knew I did something wrong. I'll have a hell of a season if I win the championship and average 20 points a game.” IfsMatterCareGamesWinningCausesLosesBreakHellRecordsBasketballSeasonsAverageScoreI CareChampionshipPissed OffPoint Break Author:Shaquille O'Neal
