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I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.
But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen.
I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.
I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
No, I get techs because I want to; I don't care. I'm not getting techs for no reason. It happens.
The future is coming so fast, we can't possibly predict it; we can only learn to respond quickly.
I've been blessed with an amazing group of guys in my first year, I can't believe how lucky I am.
Goal of mine is to make first team All-Defense. The way you do that is guarding the best players.
When I came in the NBA, it was more a U.S. game. Now you can watch the NBA anywhere in the world.
I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.
Sometimes I feel like my defense is so elite that sometimes my offense gets put on the backburner.
Everyone around me, my family and my friends, always said that, 'You have to play for Miami Heat.'
You have to continue to be positive and go out there and play hard, no matter what the outcome is.
He made the game look easy. But being Michael Jordan, and all that came with it, that wasn't easy.
I want to create resolution and inclusion, so I created Black Santa because his eyes see no color.
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
Every Morning You Have Two Choices: Continue To Sleep With Your Dreams, Or Wake Up and Chase Them.
If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.
I don't know what that gas is made of, but it can't smell any worse than Ernie Johnson 's gym bag.
Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.
I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.
Micky Arison is a fantastic owner and a great leader, and we've always had a special relationship.
I had never been to Oklahoma City before. I had no clue. Just heard there were a lot of tornadoes.
If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to out work thousands in front of nobody.
If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions.
I don't want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.
They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.
He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let's start there, all right. Start there.
I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.
As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.
I love wearing suits. I love being suited and booted. When I'm chilling, I also like to look nice.
I like Draymond Green's intensity... but every time I didn't get a call I didn't cry all the time.
One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.
If your heart is bigger than the biggest guy on the team, then you're the biggest guy on the team.
I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.
I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
I respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.
Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.
Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.
If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?
I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.
I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.
My jump shot is the key thing. Guys go on the pick and roll and will force me to knock down shots.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Real wealth comes to the person who learns that we are paid best for the things we do for nothing.
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.