“Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.” StrongWorryTroublePromiseBasketballOptimismPressesNobleOptimisticCoachingNbaPermitOptimistPromises To Yourself Author:John Wooden
“I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.” WritingYearsWinningTroubleBasketballWorriedQueensGet BackSacramento Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.” OrderLeaderTroubleGrewDisciplineBasketballGrew UpFollowersDrillsSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“The biggest thing that will define my legacy is how I've done it, and what I've done, and who I am. I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. Went to the police academy to become a police officer. Get his master's in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around. This is a guy who they would have secret meetings about to change the rules. So, that's going to be my legacy: the most dominant player ever.” WayDifferentDoneBigsGuyThreeStuffJusticeSecretPlayerTroubleTeamChangedMastersBasketballPoliceMeetingsRapCriminalsWho I AmLegacyOfficersDominantRight WayAcademyPolice OfficerCriminal JusticeBig GuysPolice Academy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Once the Hack-a-Shaq works once, you know I'm going to see it again. The only thing worse for basketball than that defense is the Lack-a-Shaq offense, where I have to go to the bench because of foul trouble. There is no fun in that.” KnowsFunTroubleBasketballDefenseOffenseFoulBenchesHacksShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.” PeopleSaidTwoBigsGuyUniverseGamesNumbersCasesTroubleFootballCollegeBasketballBaseballFaultsClockPaceBig Guys Author:Dolph Schayes