“We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat. We're trying to get fat.” TryingEnoughWholeWinningBasketballFatsGood EnoughPieNot Good Enough 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 said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent. Nobody can control me.” PeopleTryingYearsSaidFeltBasketballJuvenileDelinquents Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.” TryingBasketballLakersShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One.” IfsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongTwoDoneWholeMightWantedGuyAsksGivenStuffVoiceOpinionTeamMediaLike YouBasketballLifetimeWhole LifeShipsDieselLakers 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
“I'm dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up. I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I'm not from this planet. Earthlings don't faze me.” TryingFacesNightPlanetsBasketballBeatsEvery NightDominantPlanet EarthHacksShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect. When it's all said and done, my name will be there and it will be mentioned ... unless you Earthlings try to erase it.” WorldNeedsTryingSaidStillsDoneNamesBasketballYeahGetting OldGetting OlderEraseSaid And DoneExpletives Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm more like a senior adviser so I don't like to come in here and try to take over. Just like your basic karate movie where the young guys come to the old guys with beards who have them do weird stuff to get to the other side. That's who I am, the old guy with a long beard.” TryingLongYoungGuyStuffSidesLike YouBasketballWho I AmSeniorBeardKarateAdviserOld GuysYoung GuysWeird Stuff Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm not really worried about my numbers now as a 36-year-old. I'm not trying to be the first, experimental case of a 36-year-older trying to maintain his numbers, especially when I'm on a team like this. Can I do the same stuff I could do when I was Amare's age? Of course not. I'm not going to even try. However, I feel that I'm the baddest 36-year-old out there.” FeelsTryingYearsFirstsAgeCoursesStuffNumbersCasesTeamBasketballWorried Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“He looks like a woman coach sometimes. I guess he's just trying to get into certain people's heads, but it won't work with me. Like a woman who coaches and cries all the time. He can't get in my head. He's a crybaby.” PeopleTryingLooksSometimesCertainCryBasketballCoachesCrybabies Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't have a sense of humor, like I do.” TryingSaidGuyBasketballNbaSense Of HumorThis Guy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.” WritingTryingYearsEndsNextBoysBasketballCoachesNbaNext YearDolphinsMy Boys Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.” TryingBasketballNba Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Somebody out there was trying to use my language and trying to speak for me. Rather than have that happen, I thought I'd do it myself. It's a fun thing. It's a way for fans to connect.” WayTryingUseHappensSpeakLanguageFunFansBasketballNbaFun Things Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's his show and I'm just trying to make him look good. If we were the same age there might be a little tension, but I'm on my way out... I am here to serve your every need, King James.” IfsWayNeedsTryingLooksLittlesShowsMightAgeKingsBasketballMy WayTensionNba Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Some things you just can't question. Like you can't question why two plus two is four. So don't question it, don't try to look it up. I don't know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don't know.” KnowsTryingLooksDoeMadeTwoHappensCertainFourLike YouBasketballRainSexyThings HappenMade ItPlusFunny Basketball 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
“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.” GivingTryingYearsPlayLastsBabyChristmasGet UpToysNapsUp Early Author:Shaquille O'Neal
