Quotes by Shaquille O'Neal

About Shaquille O'Neal:

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal is an American retired professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. O'Neal played for six teams throughout his 19-year NBA career.
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Art is a process of delivering or arranging elements that appeal to the emotions of a person looking at it. It's what you feel.

Shaquille O'Neal

The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kin...

Shaquille O'Neal

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

Shaquille O'Neal

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

Shaquille O'Neal

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

Shaquille O'Neal

I do what I do. Always.

Shaquille O'Neal

Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two is five.

Shaquille O'Neal

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

Shaquille O'Neal

My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck.

Shaquille O'Neal

I have never been a shooter.

Shaquille O'Neal

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.

Shaquille O'Neal

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

Shaquille O'Neal

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal.

Shaquille O'Neal

Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm a mama's boy above all.

Shaquille O'Neal

I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.

Shaquille O'Neal

When you're in championships, it's never about what you do. It's always about what other people do.

Shaquille O'Neal

We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game.

Shaquille O'Neal

Author Bio

  • NameShaquille O'Neal
  • Descriptionbasketball player
  • BornMarch 6, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBasketball Player; Actor; Rapper; Sports Commentator; Sportsperson; Businessperson
  • AwardsNBA Most Valuable Player Award