“They're going to come to me and they're going to say numbers for three years and I'm going to use my division and if it sounds good when I hear it, then I'll take it. But I'm not going to say I'll take less (than the max) . . . Put it this way. I won't take a BMW from somebody when I know I can get a Maybach from somewhere else.” IfsKnowsWayYearsI CanUseThreeSoundNumbersBasketballDivisionThree YearsSomewhere ElseMaxBmw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“My first movie. I think I won an Oscar for this.” ThinkingFirstsBasketballOscars Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“That has nothing to do with basketball. That's just because I'm sexy.” BasketballSexy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentBigsYoungUsedGuyBitsNaturalClassWatchesMagicCrazyTvsTypeBasketballLittle BitBirdSillyPunishmentLike MeClownMikeDoing YouBig GuysType Of GuyLike Mike 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
“Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything I'm into, it's real to me. There's nothing fake about it.” IfsLooksRealRolesBasketballModelsFakeLook UpRole ModelsDictionaryBeing A Role Model 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