“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 don't listen to people who can't do stuff that I do.” PeopleStuffBasketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” KnowsMayTwoLosesStepsBasketballMissions 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
“Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.” WantedGuyHeardBasketballGeorgetown 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.” PlayShowsWantedYoungStuffPlayerHeardBasketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal