Like my good friend Eminem the rapper says, you only get one shot.
The only person who can really motivate you is you.
They say things happen in three. I won with the great Kobe, the great D-Wade and now it’s my job to win one with the great LeBron James. We have everything in place. We just got to get it done.
If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I’d probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.
Remember this-I’m going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise.
I’m not a young jitterbug anymore. When I was a young jitterbug, I never won. I didn’t start winning until I got older. The older I get, the wiser I get. You just have to play it smart.
Stay out of the gentlemen’s clubs. Get a lot of rest. Just have fun and relax and stay focused.
And if the big dog ain’t me, then the house won’t get guarded period.
The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don’t know. I’ll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don’t know anything about him, and it’s kinda sad.
Nobody’s going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two is five.
It matters in a fatherly way.
If I were a painter, you’d be calling me Shaqcasso.
I’ll take 14 out of 15 any day of the week, any week of the month, any month of the year, any year of the century. I don’t know what comes after century.
I respect the older guys.
I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson knows how to play, and Gary Payton knows how play.
This really isn’t a game we really should be proud of. This game is liking taking your kids to the zoo. You’re supposed to take your kids to the zoo. You’re a father. So a team like that, we’re supposed to beat them like this.
A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that’s just a way of saying that you can’t stop me.
There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.
Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.
I’m very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.