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Shaquille O'Neal, born on March 6, 1972, is a renowned basketball player. He achieved great success in the NBA with his exceptional physical abilities and basketball skills.

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Famous Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

“I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how to play, and Gary Payton knows how play.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'm not a young jitterbug anymore. When I was a young jitterbug, I never won. I didn't start winning until I got older. The older I get, the wiser I get. You just have to play it smart.”

Play Young Winning Basketball Smart Wiser

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“Their unselfishness, the way they play and their poise factor. When you never panic, that's a great sign.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that's just a way of saying that you can't stop me.”

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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.”

“He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Every team that plays us plays above their heads. That's because of me.”

Play Team Basketball

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“A friend tweeted me with 'The Big Freeze.' I don't know about that one. I've got to go home, play around with the kids and figure something out. I'll have one.”

Knows Play Home Bigs Kids Figures Basketball Freeze

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.”

Play Basketball Defense Monkeys Outbreaks

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I got into foul trouble, so I really kind of had to play on egg shells from there on out.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.”

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“Do we play Chicago again? I going to hit Othella Harrington right in the mouth. If he didn't have his clumsy ass on the floor, I wouldn't have fell. How he got on the ground, I don't know. He's clumsy. Quote me on that. I'm going to get him.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“He can play. He can shoot. He can dribble. He can pass. He's a great player. Period. No question about it. And if anyone thinks Dirk is not a great player, I'll punch them in their face.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.”

Play Basketball Nba

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.”

Said Play Basketball Nba

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30.”

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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.”

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

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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.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“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.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“If they want to play football, we can play football.”

Ifs Want Play Football Basketball

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Author: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.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

About the Author

Born: March 6, 1972
Known for: Basketball player
Quotes: 399

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