Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shaquille O'Neal

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

Shaquille O'Neal

I think he got an incidental elbow in the face, messed up his pretty red lips a little bit. But other than that he'll be fine.

Shaquille O'Neal

I got it, I dove on the floor, he dove on my head and I hit my teeth on the ground. It was just one of my police reactions to get that criminal off me.

Shaquille O'Neal

It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade.

Shaquille O'Neal

Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.

Shaquille O'Neal

I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president.

Shaquille O'Neal

He's got a ring, so I'm taking home the trophy.

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.

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.

Shaquille O'Neal

The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade me in the same conference, so Miami was perfect.

Shaquille O'Neal

I think it was 89.2% cheers and 11.8% boos, but I'm used to that.

Shaquille O'Neal

I was kind of hoping it was Anna Kournikova.

Shaquille O'Neal

The problem with kids these days is they don't have enough fun stuff to do. When I was stationed with my family in Germany, youth basketball programs gave me something to strive to do my best at.

Shaquille O'Neal

Now, the mistakes that I made with my other two sons, Penny and Kobe, I won't make with D-Wade. We can't let them break us up and we can't break each other up.

Shaquille O'Neal

My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm not going to go home and drink rat urine.

Shaquille O'Neal

Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.

Shaquille O'Neal

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.

Shaquille O'Neal

Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.

Shaquille O'Neal

It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.

Shaquille O'Neal

If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike.

Shaquille O'Neal

If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen.

Shaquille O'Neal

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

Sheryl Swoopes

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

Kobe Bryant

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

Kobe Bryant

I'm focused on the task that lies ahead for us.

Julius Erving

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

Patrick Ewing

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not going to disappear.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

Jim Larranaga

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

Magic Johnson

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.