“When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.” SaidWantedYoungTurnsLaughingPlayerBasketballLaughedBasketball Player Author:Allen Iverson
“I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball, Bryon Russell came over to me and said, "Why'd you quit? You know I could guard you." When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in '96, I'm at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, "You remember what you said in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance.” ThinkingKnowsWellsSaidI CanPlayRememberNextGamesChanceBasketballStandingQuittingCirclesChicagoComing BackUtah Author:Michael Jordan
“President Obama recently sat down with ESPN and said the NCAA should reduce the shot clock for basketball games. Then he said, 'And while we're at it, is there any way they can reduce the 'being president clock?'” WayShouldSaidGamesPresidentBasketballShotsClockSatPresident ObamaBasketball GameNcaaEspn Author:Jimmy Fallon
“After Michael Jordan recently criticized President Obama's golf game, Obama responded by saying that Jordan should spend more time thinking about his basketball team, the Charlotte Hornets. Then Jordan said, 'Do you really want to talk about whose team got crushed this week?'” ThinkingWantShouldSaidGamesPresidentWeekTeamBasketballGolfMore TimePresident ObamaCrushedJordanCharlotteBasketball TeamGolf GameHornets Author:Jimmy Fallon
“It's sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn't. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don't. When I come back, we'll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveSaidDoneKidsGuyGamesWinningStepsNeededRight NowBasketballStep UpKarate Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“We're going to do it again next year. We'll see you again next year. Yeah, I said it. Yeah, I said it. We will do it again next year.” YearsSaidNextWinningBasketballYeahNext YearYou Again Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said 'You know what, I'm going to win it this year. I feel that way now.” KnowsWayFeelsYearsSaidGuyWinningBasketballEthicsChampionshipWork Ethic Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“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.” ThinkingShouldSaidSchoolLastsFilmFormNightSawsBasketballHigh SchoolDecidedYeahPopsLast NightWadeFree ThrowD Wade Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let's start there, all right. Start there.” SaidPoliticsBasketballNorth KoreaLove And Basketball Author:Dennis Rodman
“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
“As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.” IfsSaidBasketballWorkersCommandBeesHierarchyHere I AmGreat FriendWorker Bees 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 just said to myself, 'Damn, I'm a great player.'” SaidPlayerBasketballDamn 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 ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.” SaidLastsRememberNightBasketballLast NightFlakes 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
“They asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That's backwards, man.” MenWantLooksSaidWifeBasketballMy WifeLike MeStayingNbaBackwardsMarryingMarrying Someone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Afterwards I said Chris Webber was going to leave as a free agent and Sacramento would go back to expansionism.” SaidBasketballAgentsNbaSacramentoFree Agents Book:Shaq Talks Back Source: Shaq Talks Back
“It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.” SaidPlayBasketballNba Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him get that contract. He said I didn't show? They traded me, they traded Ray, they traded Big Dog [Robinson] and Tim Thomas still wasn't the man on that team. Michael Redd became the man there. I think I'm doing quite well for myself here. Right now, he needs to focus on his game. Right now, he's not a good basketball player. And I like Tim Thomas. He just has too many damn excuses.” ThinkingMenNeedsShouldWellsSaidStillsHelpingShowsBigsGamesFocusPlayerTeamDogHe ManRight NowBasketballFaultsExcuseDamnContractsJealousRaysBasketball PlayerGood Basketball Author:Sam Cassell