Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

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.

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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.

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We needed this game because we really hadn't played them well the last 13 or 14 games.

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Coach Riley called me out a couple games ago, said I stopped running. The guys said if I run, they will get me the ball.

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Guys were looking for me tonight, and I think if they keep looking for me, I'll keep putting together games like this.

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(Heat President) Pat Riley did a good job of bringing in some nice, cunning veterans, ... Even though they're big-name players, they're very, very unselfish. I don't see us having problems.

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We're not there yet. Playoff mentality starts a couple of games, a couple of weeks before playoffs.

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We all get older. When I am done, I hope I will be remembered as a great player.

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I'm trying to stay in the game. They key for me is to stay aggressive, no matter how they're calling it.

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I'm getting there. I've been playing well these last couple of games.

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He said he wanted me to get 12 to 14 a game. Sometimes 20. I just have to probably concentrate on it a little bit more. Most teams we play, the big guy is shooting jumpers. When they shoot, I try to be the first guy down the court. Whenever I'm down by the rim, I'll get most of them.

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I just know once I woke up Wednesday morning it was swollen.

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It's going to be a fun game. A lot of trick shots, a lot of trick moves. You've got to try to give the fans what they paid good money for.

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Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

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I don't see us having a problem. It's going to be my job to manage the locker room, anyway, so it will work out.

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I was running the court very well, getting the ball and making the aggressive move. I'm still missing two or three jump hooks that I don't usually miss. I'll get it back.

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

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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.

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It was a shock to me. I found out when (the media) found out. I didn't know what was going on. Stan came in and talked to us and told us his reason for stepping down and we have to accept that.

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He's going to be real big, ... I tried to show him the way, how to get it done, what to do. And he's handling it all very good.

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

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We still could have got it done, ... It just wasn't our turn. It just wasn't meant to be. Now you just have to live with that. Like I said, the thing that happened last year is only going to make us stronger. The great Pat Riley has made us stronger.

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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.

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Hopefully it's the highest-watched game in NBA history.

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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.

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