Quotes by Shaquille O'Neal

“Why dont you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if Im stronger).”

“One lucky shot deserves another.”

“[ONeal didnt let the rebuke go unnoticed.] He doesnt need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball, ... If its going to be my team, Ill voice my opinion. If he dont like it, he can opt out.”

“I would like to be refered to as The Big Aristotle.”

“This is a tough game. There are times when youve got to play hurt, when youve got to block out the pain.”

“I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, Im the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. Im the good-quality dog meat. Im the Alpo of the NBA.”

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

“When you flop, thats just another message that you dont know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.”

“We would love to have Gary down here. Hes still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And Im the only guy in the world who can get him one.”

“Were 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.”

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

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

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

Ive been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.

Everything happens for a reason. Im 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 whats right for them and their family.

Im on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but its all up in the medulla oblongata. Ive got a lot up there. Ive got a lot of knowledge... in this medulla oblongata.

Im a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.

As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. My father was kind of funny. Id score 40 points. Id come home and say, Look dad, I scored 40. Hed never have a smile on his face. Hed be like, I saw that move you did. What if youd hurt your knee?

Im an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think Im funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.

The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I dont know. Ill tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I dont know anything about him, and its kinda sad.