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“When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.”
“One lucky shot deserves another.”
“I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either.”
“I was fortunate enough to see and handle and take in everything I could while I was playing.”
“I've met a lot of artists who wanted to paint me. LeRoy Neiman was one. He did it from a photograph. He made 20,000 copies, and we sold them all.”
“I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.”
“This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.”
“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.”
“Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?”
“I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie.”
“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.”
“When I tweet, I try and accomplish three things. One, is to make you laugh. Two, is to inform you. Three, is to enlighten you. That's all I do.”
“We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter.”
“I have never been a shooter.”
“I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.”
“I don't know anything about cars. I can promise you that.”
“I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.”
“But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older.”
“But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.”
“When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.”