Shaquille ONeal Quotes (180 Quotes)

I was very involved, ... I had to put on a motion-sensor suit and do all my moves like the crazy walk after I score, all the celebratory stuff. In the game, my skill ratings are very high. I got all the moves I can even step out to shoot the three.

If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.

I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.

I'm not worried about the Nets catching us for the second place in the East. Come playoffs, it's going to be a different game, and hopefully, the refs let us play and let the players decide.

Bigger people. Bigger story behind it. It's going to be a big game.

Guys were looking for me. I was just trying to take the high-percentage shot. I was feeling pretty good.

I got into foul trouble early and never got into the flow of the game. The foul trouble is very frustrating, and I knew when I saw (referee) Bob Delaney I was going to be in trouble anyway. We did still have chances to win the game we just made mistakes you can't make in this building.

Very unique. I've been on him since he was 18. He used to shoot at my house (in Orlando) every day in the summer. My kids watch him. He literally can do it all. He's a scary player.

When we play like that, the outcome is usually like this. When we don't play like this, the outcome is usually different. ... We should already have this mastered, but we let a lot of games slip away. But it's no time to worry and no time to panic. We've just got to keep playing like this.

I think he's the true definition of a great player and you guys should recognize that. I think the recognition of a great player has been lost the last 10, 15 years.

It's going to take some time to get used to each other. But I liked what I saw out there with the guys' intensity and moving the ball and playing together. That's what it takes to get it done.

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.

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.

I would say Detroit, Indiana, Cleveland, Jersey, darn near every good, solid team in the East. The Lakers, I think it's more of a TV-rating rivalry than a real rivalry. If we could both make it to the Finals a couple of years in a row, then it could be a real rivalry.

(James) hit a lot of tough shots. We got ourselves in too deep of a hole.

Guys have just got to shoot. We'll be ready for any gimmicky defense that they throw at us.

It was a weird game. There was ugly shooting and a lot of turnovers and mistakes and we were just fortunate to get the win. I should have done better but it was just a very ugly and weird game.

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.

If Antoine can play like that, we can win the whole thing.

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's rights for them and their family.

We want to go out and win on a good note and have three good days at the All-Star (break) and then come back with 31 or 32 games left. We just want to do great in the second half of the season.

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.

We got out to a fast start, but there was a little dead spot there. Tonight we let them get back too close, but the third and fourth quarter guys played well and buckled down on defense and got it done as a five-man unit.

There ain't no ifs. I want to play for a team that's willing to win.

I don't give a darn if we go down 50. There's a never a point where we're out of it, because I know anything can happen. I've been around too long and seen stuff happen.

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.

I didn't say anything about Los Angeles. I said something about certain people. How can you hate a whole city. It doesn't make sense.

I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.

One lucky shot deserves another.

O'Neal didn't let the rebuke go unnoticed. He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball, ... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.

I was just a little too anxious. My teammates stuck up for me. I was just trying to kill them all on every play.

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

This doesn't shake our confidence. This was just a good, old-fashioned Texas beat down.

We've still got four games left, so it's not time to start worrying about that just yet. But it'll be good to have everybody back 100 percent.

I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?

Not at all, because if he's open I'm going to give it to him, and if I'm open I expect him to give it to me,

That was the most ridiculous game I've ever been a part of. When you've got a guy like NBA vice president Stu Jackson at the top, it shows why those referees are the way they are. It starts at the top.

We know what we have to do, offensively and defensively. I told the guys that I've been in this situation many times before, I've been down before, and not to worry about it. We've just got to fight. It's not going to be easy, it was easy in the first two rounds, but it's not going to get any easier.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

When we play this team we just have to do everything right.

We'll be ready for any gimmicky defense they put on us.

We came in a little too lackadaisical today. This is the type of team that plays with a lot of effort and a lot of energy, especially in this building, and we just didn't match their energy the whole game and we had to fight back in the fourth quarter.

I'm going to practice Tuesday and see how hard I can go, and the true test is always the next day after that. We'll just wait until Tuesday and then we'll just see what happens.

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

Being a basketball player who raps, I was the only one to do it correctly. Others have tried, but they can't do it like the Diesel.

The team is playing with a lot of energy. Everybody is really moving the ball and playing together. Once we tighten up our defense a little bit, we'll be up there with the top-echelon teams.

I was kind of weak.

We need to improve on our 1-on-1 defense and play better team defense.

I've been a very unselfish player. I knew they were going to double, so I just wanted to keep my guys involved. I learned a long time ago that if I can keep my other guys involved, it'll be an easier game for me. I just kept making the good pass and my teammates were making me look good.

It is a concern, but you just have to know how to take negatives and turn them into positives. We've got two good players that are out, but they're also getting rest. ... This gives other guys an opportunity to step up.