Top 33 Shaquille ONeal Quotes

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 right for them and their family.

We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter.

I started out as a young Ninja and killed all of the Shoguns. I am a Shogun now and I’m holding my spot. There probably won’t be another Shogun after this.

This is a tough game. There are times when you’ve got to play hurt, when you’ve got to block out the pain.

I just want to keep people entertained.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

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

Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That’s all I’m asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me.

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

Because I’m so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small.

One lucky shot deserves another.

I’ve always been a leader. Every team I’ve played on, I’ve led my way.

I do what I do. Always.

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.

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O’Neal.

Being here feels like I’m out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we’re planning for the parade.

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 on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it’s all up in the medulla oblongata. I’ve got a lot up there. I’ve got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata.

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’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.

When you’re in championships, it’s never about what you do. It’s always about what other people do.

I’m very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family’s long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship.

I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.

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.

When I’m done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I’m working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.

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.

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

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 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.

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

I want to be known as ‘The Big Shakespeare.’ It was Shakespeare that said, ‘Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.’

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