Shaquille O'Neal Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Leprechaun, Ready For Change

• I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Funny, Basketball, Money

• I started out as a young Ninja and killed all of the Shoguns. I am a Shogun now and I'm holding my spot. There probably won't be another Shogun after this.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Ninja, Young

  Interview with Tracy Stevens, www.ign.com. March 25, 2005.

• As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Children, Military

• The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Success, Basketball, Sports

• (The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Appreciate, Way

• They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn't always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Morning, Hot

• I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and he told me that I should shake Kobe Bryant's hand and let bygones be bygones and bury the hatchet.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Hands, Order

• 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.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Team, Rap

• Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Men, Nba

  Shaquille O'Neal (2014). “Shaq Talks Back”, p.168, St. Martin's Press

• The Big Cactus. I will stick you.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Cactus, Sticks

• You know, I'm very photogenic.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Photogenic, Knows

• I don't know. I don't have a fax machine, so I didn't get that message.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fax Machines, Lakers

• I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Believe, Nba

• I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me. And the one guy who didn't vote for me, thank you, too.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

• Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Nba, Racist

  "Inmate IDs, NBA, Homophobia, Snowballs". www.foxnews.com. January 20, 2003.

• I dribble rhymes like basketball...
  People call me 'E.T.'
  What's that, Shaq man?
  'Extra Tall.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Rap, Men

• We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Guy

• If they want to play football, we can play football.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Football, Play

• I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right out.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Two, Firsts

• There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they're in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I'm doing stuff like that all over.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Brother, Kids

• 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.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Night, Media

• Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Paper, Toilets

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

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Basketball, Playing Games

• The Miami Heat has the best fans.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fans, Miami Heat

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