Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.

If I don't get five [titles], I won't be happy with myself as a basketball player. I don't know how you guys will feel about me.

I've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up.

If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points without consistently making free throws. Don't have me doing something I'm not used to doing. I ain't used to being a pick-setter. Let me badda-bing, badda-bang.

In junior high in Germany I fought kids all the time. I had such a bad temper, I almost got thrown out of school. A few lickings from my dad got me out of that scene. He wore me out with a paddle.

I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov.

They say old people always come to Arizona, you know, to get recharged.

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

There is nothing to say because I know everything about him. I raised him. I know what's a charade, and I know what's not a charade. I'll leave it at that.

When you've got a guy that's going to look for you, you run. A lot of people think I can't run, but my thing was I wasn't going to be running if you're not going to throw it. I know Nash will throw it.

Obviously, Sam is the type of guy that hides behind his pen and pad. I promise you he wouldn't say that to my face in a dark alley where it's just me and him and no witnesses.

I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.