Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

The Big Cactus... because if you come too close, you're gonna get stuck.

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.

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.

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

You know, I'm very photogenic.

No one calls me out, I'm from LSU.

I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet.

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.

The Spurs are a great WNBA team.

He could be dominant - if he played in the WNBA.

If you're going to hire an assassin, let him go out and kill someone. I can't be Shaq taking six or seven shots.

I have never been a shooter.

I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.

This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what's best for them, including me.

If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a brick wall.

I'm dominant every night. I come in every night and get beat up. I never make a face when they try to flagrant or hack-a-Shaq me, because I'm not from this planet. Earthlings don't faze me.

Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn't exist.

My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents.

The Big Cactus. I will stick you.

I really get motivated when I have doubters.

I don't know how it is for you earthlings, but where I'm from, strength is mental.

The only person who can really motivate you is you.

We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat. We're trying to get fat.

The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'

I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.

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

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.

I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.

If you don't stick to simplicity, you'll die a horrible death.

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.

Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.

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.

My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.

I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'

Pluto is not a planet, but I am.

If you don't like me, there must be something wrong with you.

Y'all reporters like my quotes, don't you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.

I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.

A lot of times when I buy a lot of toys, I get a little jealous and keep one or two for myself. So I've got a couple of drones. I've got a couple of remote-control cars. I like to have fun

Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'

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.

Sometimes I feel like the Tom Hanks character in Big. But my life is not a movie. I never have to go back to Coney Island to find the fortune-teller machine so I have to grow up again.

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).

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

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.