A biography for Jermaine O'Nealhasn’t been written yet.
“If I am not physically able to play for the Celtics, then why would Miami want me?”
“I've always been into fashion.”
“We can't control injuries and we can't control things like that. But physically, when it comes down to pure strength, quads, legs, core, upper body, I'm a whole lot stronger.”
“It was very tough to be patient.”
“You see a lot of people in sports who need to be humbled first to become who they are.”
“I love Danny Ainge.”
“You can look back on a lot of things and things that could have been changed, but ultimately those things make you who you are. It builds character. I'm OK with that.”
“Le Jaunty offers a lot of different looks, so you can create who you want to be.”
“I've always played with an edge.”
“Sometimes it takes a little bit longer than you want it to take, but it's better to catch on late than never.”
“One thing I can say - and anybody can say from any team I've ever played on - is that when I get out there I'm going to play as hard as I possibly can, whether it's on one leg or two legs or whatever.”
“One thing about me, I think, over the years I've walked onto the court earlier than I was supposed to and it kind of lingered into something else.”
“Some of these parents in the basketball world want to be paid for their kids and want to be given this and given that. That's not what this is supposed to be. This is supposed to be about getting rewarded off of your hard work.”
“I love everything about Indiana.”
“I want to make it clear that I don't want to gut a team that I come to because then it'll be like I'm in Indiana all over again.”
“We don't need to block people down and get flagrants.”
“Part of me is always going to be competitive.”
“One part of being a leader on a basketball team is you have to be there for yourself and others.”
“I'm not in a position physically to take in five years of losses and downtime.”
“Obviously there's nothing like training camp.”