Top 78 Shaq Quotes & Sayings

I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either.

Just got one more than Shaq. You can take that to the bank.

Once the Hack-a-Shaq works once, you know I'm going to see it again. The only thing worse for basketball than that defense is the Lack-a-Shaq offense, where I have to go to the bench because of foul trouble. There is no fun in that.

Few big men have possessed the rare combination of power, speed and agility of Shaq.

Shaq is like an oversized muppet, and who doesn't love muppets?

Because Shaq played alongside one of the most disliked, phenomenally talented players in NBA history, Shaq became a great guy without really having to do anything. People love Shaq because he's not Kobe.

I dribble rhymes like basketball... People call me 'E.T.' What's that, Shaq man? 'Extra Tall.'

I used to get the question in Houston which was like 'What would you do if you had Shaq?' My answer was 'I would give Shaq the ball 100 times a game.'

Well, history always repeats itself, so there's probably a baby Shaq out there in a crib somewhere, sipping on a bottle, and when he gets old enough, he'll bring the post-up center back.

With Shaq, you have to let him know that he's the man. You have to do that with him.

Shaq is pretty mischievous and playful. But he was a great vet to me. He always talked about the big-man alliance and the basketball gods.

When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa.

Shaq is just a goofy dancer. He's just silly.

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team.

I'm like, 'No, I don't wanna be the next Shaq. I wanna be Kobe.' So I always just dribbled the ball everywhere I went... It was kind of a natural thing. I don't even work on it, honestly.

Shaq's a very sensitive guy.

I was with Shaq at his home the day he retired. It was innovative for him to become the media and announce via social media that he was retiring.

I made it real clear I wanted to play in Orlando. Part of it was Shaq. But I also just liked Orlando. It's not all glitzy and reminds me of Memphis.

There's no doubt that there is star treatment. It's discussed in the meetings. Obviously, people don't pay an enormous amount of money to sit in those courtside seats to see players like Kobe, LeBron, Shaq - all the greats - sit on the bench and be in foul trouble.

I think Phil Jackson started that feud. It happened many times that after team practice he would say, 'Kobe said this about Shaq, and Shaq said that about Kobe... ' We couldn't believe how could that happen, because just the day before we saw them together, jumping on one another.

Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him.

I'm a little worried because I've heard that Shaq has got, like, really fat. If he's going to go into WrestleMania bigger than me, I'm going to lose my moniker as 'The World's Largest Athlete.' I hope he is well. I hope he is healthy.

One day he just showed up at the zoo, and I actually didn't know who the man was. Everybody was like, 'that's Shaq!' And I'm like 'who's Shaq?'

If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points without consistently making free throws. Don't have me doing something I'm not used to doing. I ain't used to being a pick-setter. Let me badda-bing, badda-bang.

I like to think, personally, that Shaq got scared. He saw the six-pack and realized if he faced me at WrestleMania, he was going to be Fat Shaq.

Man, I don't wanna do what all the other guys do. I don't wanna end up in the booth after the games telling you what I think and talking smack about the guys on the floor when they are a lot better than that. I wanna be different. I don't wanna be known as Commentator Shaq. I wanna be a doctor or something good. I wanna be Dr. Shaq, Officer Shaq, Deputy Shaq.

I was a big fan of Shaq when I was little, but I don't think I'm going to play too much like him, though.

I would like to dunk on Shaq.

I don't enjoy playing against Shaq.

There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you're Shaq or Ray Romano. But somehow people manage. If your man is using money as an excuse not to marry you, it's your relationship that's insecure, not his bank account.

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?

I have a lot of respect for Shaq. He's one of the greatest NBA centers of all time.

Big Shaq stems from my YouTube series 'Somewhere in London.' I just wanted to create something that was multi-character and multi-dimensional.

Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him.

You'll never meet a bigger, nicer guy than Shaq.

Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man.

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.

The supporters choose what they like, and they chose that they like Big Shaq 'Mans Not Hot.'

In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.

(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.

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

I wouldn't want to get Shaq's mom mad, I'll tell you that much. If she told me to do something, I would do it in a heartbeat. I wouldn't want her mad at me. That woman is serious.

It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.

Shaq is Shaq. I did an episode of The Soup with Shaq, and he shook my hand, and I felt like I was a Ken doll, like I had no hand.

I'm definitely saying right now that if I had to face Shaq's mom at WrestleMania, I will not show up. I'll be scared. If Shaq shows up, no problem. Shaq's mom shows up, eh, I don't know. I think I might get the flu.

I'm a creative comedic entertainer who enjoys bringing good content to the world. I'm not Big Shaq - Shaq is his own person.

Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.

Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Patrick Ewing will be among the best centers ever, but none of them affected the league the way Shaq and Tim Duncan have.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

Shaq's tough.

Holding up Shaq every damn day - it's crazy, you do it four times a year, but doing it every day in practice is difficult.

I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.

White America don't get to dictate how me and Shaq talk to each other.

Shaq had an uncanny sense of how to utilize the media.

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.

Somebody asked me about this the other day. A young Shaq and a young Penny, the young Shaq's going to take over. A medium Shaq and a young Kobe, the medium Shaq is going to take over. Now you've got an older Shaq and a young Dwyane; you step aside, you let him do his thing and you just do what's asked of you.

Shaq is rich. The white man who signs his check... is wealthy. "Ah, here you go, Shaq. Go buy yourself a bouncing car. Bling, bling!"

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

Shaq and Muhammad Ali's my favorite two athletes of all time.

We understand the realities of the sports world. Take Shaq for example, he was traded from here and went on to several other teams after that. But once he was retired, he asked us to retire his jersey. He wanted to be remembered as a Laker.