Shaquille Oneal Quotes - The Best Shaq Quotes EVER!

Since his days at LSU to his earlier days with the Orlando Magic... Shaquille Oneal / Shaq / Shaq Daddy / The Big Aristotle / etc has been a personal favorite of mine. He is as dominant as he is funny and enjoyable. I was reminded by this and realized that I needed to document the best Shaq quotes when CBS did a highlight during the NCAA tournament this weekend on LSU's Glen Davis whose nickname is Baby Shaq. They interviewed Shaq himself who said, "Baby Shaq? No one can be a baby Shaq. Maybe my baby's baby's baby..."

    * I'm like the pythagorean theorem. Not too many people know the answer to my game.

    * I got somebody, that other guy, who is just as lethal. He's a little bit younger, he got a lot of proving to do, but he's just as lethal. It's my job to make him lethaler, it's my job to make him the lethalest, if that's a word ...

    * I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat.

    * Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect

    * "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."
          - After a 25 point comeback victory against Boston on March 16, 2006.

    * 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?

    * I wouldn't. I would just go home. I'd fake an injury or something.
          - When asked how he would defend against himself.

    * "They would all say, 'You’re not like we thought you would be. You’re not as smart as we thought that you would be.'"
          - When describing his MBA classmates' reaction to him.

    * [Erik] Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him. Don't ask me about that guy, ever. You can tell him I said it. You guys try to compare him and rate him and match him up against me, but I'm telling you there's nothing there.

    * The difference between those three is the Godfather trilogy. One is Fredo, who was never ready for me to hand it over to him. One is Sonny, who will do whatever it takes to be the man, and one is Michael, who if you watch the trilogy, the Godfather hands it over to Michael. So I have no problem handing it over to Dwyane.
          - On his relationship with Penny, Kobe, and Dwyane respectively

    * I'm sorry, who?
          - When asked about his relationship with Kobe Bryant

    * I could always go and have a conversation with Mr. Gates or Mr. Trump. But now that I have this (MBA), I can really have a conversation with them on the same level that they have their conversations.
          - On receiving his MBA

    * I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.
          - On whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece

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