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“Yeah, D-Wade called me up last night and said that he saw some film of me in high school and thinks that my form then was better and that I should shoot like that. I told him I'd think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.”

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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?”

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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.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My mom gave me some toenail hardener, and I painted over it. I scored 40-something points that night, so it became a ritual. Paint my toenails, score 40 points.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football.... Baseball is a green dream that happens on summer nights in safe places in unsafe cities.”

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Author:Luke Salisbury

“I never knew what Amazon was. I've never seen any of those series, even on cable. I've never seen The Sopranos, or Mad Men. I'm out every night and when I come home, I watch the end of the baseball or basketball game, and there's Charlie Rose and I go to sleep.”

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Author:Woody Allen

“The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.”

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Author:LeBron James

“With basketball, if a guy is having an off night you still can say he's a good athlete. But with a comedian, you see them in front of the wrong audience - and they can look like complete amateurs. It's remarkable.”

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Author:Gary Gulman

“Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.”

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Author:LeBron James

“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say, "You take him out, and you'll see us afterwards."”

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Author:Jack Nicklaus

“A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.”

“The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.”

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Author:Steve Nash

“Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.”

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Author:Adolph Rupp

“My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for 73 points at Madison Square Garden. Elgin had 71 of them.”

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Author:Rod Hundley

“We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot. No more night life, no more warm weather and no more a lot of media attention. . . . I guess this was his first shot at getting something big. I guess he had to take it.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.”

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Author:Scottie Pippen

“It's superb, definitely. Something that is new to me, that is shocking. I got the news last night about 3 in the morning, and I don't think I even went back to bed.”

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Author:Scottie Pippen

“You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.”

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Author:Larry Bird