Quotes from Shaquille O'Neal

I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.

Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it's natural.

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.

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

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?

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'm not the one buying love. He's the one buying love.

I love the Miami atmosphere.

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

My sons love LeBron more than they love me. I'm just a little jealous about it.

I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show.

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

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

Generals don't panic; then the troops never panic.

Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.

I'll beat you up right now if you want me to.

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.

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

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.

I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.

I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

Get away from my house. What do you want?

I'm one year older, one year sexier - one more, baby. For me, it's all about the bigger picture. We want to win the whole thing. We've got to beat whoever is in our way.