“Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.” Quote by Shaquille O'Neal
“No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.” GivingSelfFacesLossRiskSelf EsteemEsteemSparesBehalfArrowsSlings And Arrows Author:Martha Beck
“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.” MadePlayDreamSchoolUsedFatherSleepBasketballBallsWho I AmNecksPillowStiff Neck Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.” WellsAnswersFiguresBasketballPlanningParadesTheoremsReboundPythagorean Theorem Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.” IfsShouldMotherStuffParentMomBasketballDressesYeahChainsCodeIf I CouldNbaDress Code Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'” SaidBigsKnownMediaHabitBasketballMy FriendsMarkExcellenceThis DayPassion For Excellence Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.” WayNeedsWorryAreasEncouragementLengthNeed Encouragement Author:Martha Beck
“I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet.” KnowsDonePlansBasketballPoliceChiefsMiamiSheriffsUndercoverOrlando Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.” AngerBitterBitterness Author:Tatum O'Neal
“The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.” ResultsPositionExpectationsAvailableAsia Author:Martha Beck
“Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.” PeopleLiteratureWishHumilityHumblePlentyBe HumbleHumbleness Author:Joseph Addison