Shaquille O'Neal: 'I should have eight rings'

Shaquille O'Neal: "When you talk about great players, I had the opportunity to play with Bron, too. I was so amazed at his leadership and how he played. When I was with him, I wasn't the Shaq, but I was a good role player. We were first in our conference, played Boston, Big Baby broke my hand, I had to leave for six weeks. I tried to come back, but I wasn't there, and we lost to Boston. These are things I think about when it comes to rings. I should have eight rings, and I'm not talking about free throws. I'm just talking about messed up opportunities .

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"Listen, I'm the first guy to convince Pat to break his ways, 'cause when we first got here, we were winning and playing well. But listen, we're going to stay out. So, Pat came to us one day: 'We're going to give you guys curfew, and if you break curfew, it's a $1,000 fine.' I went into his office with a check for $41,000. I said, '41 home games? I'm a grown man. That's just not going to happen. I don't drink, but the other guys do. So, Pat, okay, the other guys are drinking, we're going to go out. Just move practice back to 12.' I said, 'Pat, for me, if we go out at 3, get to bed at 4, you can still perform, because as athletes, we only need three or four hours.' But a lot of guys are drinking 1942 and Patron, getting in at 3 and then want to show up at 8. Our practices used to be sloppy. So, I said, 'Pat, move it back to 12.' And then Pat was like, 'Well, if you do that, you better show me something.' And that's when we went on that streak—legendary streak." -via YouTube / September 22, 2024 Shaquille O'Neal on: In a perfect world I would love for us to stay together forever but you know it's in the hands of the powers right now so but this last year is going to be a phenomenal year. Chuck is gonna go crazy, I'm gonna go crazy. It's gonna be fun and hopefully this is not the last year . -via YouTube / September 19, 2024