“Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring in Mike Krzyzewski? Come on, man. That's like being married to J-Lo, then dropping J-Lo for a girl that's 5-10, 480 (pounds).” MenWantYearsGirlThreeWinningFireFiveBasketballMarriedFinalsFive YearsPoundsMikeDroppingBeing Married Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Being that I'm a tropical black man I don't get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That's why they call me Sasquatch. There's no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.” MenFoundBlackCrazyBasketballRootsSnowCall MeTropicalSasquatch Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I've been 11, 12 percent body fat my whole career. But when you've got a big, sexy, beautiful man that's up in the 340s, 350s, the way you guys were taught on this planet, you're going to automatically think it's fat.” ThinkingMenWayWholeBodyBigsBeautifulGuyCareersTaughtPlanetsBasketballPercentSexyFatsBody Fat Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people.” PeopleMenMeanMadeKidsMovingNationsTaughtBrotherBasketballArmyChineseTexasBe A ManLouisianaAntonioShalomCreoleSan Antonio Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.” MenYearsMovingFiveFourMilitaryBasketballFive YearsSourLakersMilitary ManGot To Move On Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.” MenNeedsBasketballMarriedSay AnythingAnother ManMarried ManLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“They want to beat the Don Dadda. It means, 'The Man.'” MenWantMeanHe ManBasketballBeats Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Word has it, they think I'm an old man, and they're not gonna double me. My message is that I'm the baddest for my age bracketest. What I mean by age bracketest is that I came in at 20, I was the baddest 20, and I'm the baddest at 35.” ThinkingMenMeanAgeBasketballMessagesOld ManDouble Me Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm still here. I'm a force to be reckoned with... you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot. I'm ready to go. As big men in the league, there are two who have done something special during this millennium. I'm one and Tim Duncan is the other. Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I'm still the Shogun.” MenStillsTwoDoneBigsForceSpecialMediaReadyBasketballSpotsLeagueSomething SpecialMillenniumUpstairsDuncanShoguns Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's my job to make him look good. He's a very good looking man, so it's my job to keep him looking good.” MenLooksJobsBasketballVery GoodLooking GoodGood Looking Men Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you get through the ninjas, now you gotta get to the showmen. Now me, I'm the showman of big men.” MenBigsGuyFightingNbaKarateRefereeNinja 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
“They asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That's backwards, man.” MenWantLooksSaidWifeBasketballMy WifeLike MeStayingNbaBackwardsMarryingMarrying Someone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.” KnowsMenKnow HowBasketballNba Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.” MenOpinionBasketballNbaButtonsBellyBelly Buttons Book:Shaq Talks Back Source: Shaq Talks Back
“Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'” IfsKnowsMenLinesHalfFansBasketballNbaCarter Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” KnowsMenPlayKnow HowBasketballMessagesMedicine Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.'” MenWantSaidBigsBornKnownAchieveGreatnessBasketballThrustAchieve Greatness Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I dribble rhymes like basketball... People call me 'E.T.' What's that, Shaq man? 'Extra Tall.'” PeopleMenBasketballHip HopRapExtrasCall MeTallRhymeDribbleShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
