Shannon Sharpe Quotes

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Unless you’re prepared to use force, it’s very difficult to deal with a person who understands only force.

It’s better to negotiate with a soft voice and a loaded gun, than to negotiate with just a soft voice.

Issuing an ultimatum is not negotiation.

There’s no reason to respect anyone’s word in that part of the world. The only thing they respect is force and the threat of force.

Negotiation is not a solution and will not solve anything. Those who think of negotiation when they are threatened only reveal their weakness and incapability. That is a bad move.

If you threaten force, you better be ready to use it.

Don’t mess with me, sir, or you will get stung.

I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.

We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg with you for a minute. I'm going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.

Don't mess with Mister Inbetween.

Shot me twice. I want my name, or I'm going to start charging you a fee every time I field something for you. And it's going to be expensive. I'm Park Place. Bud-dy." His red, goat-slitted eyes squinted at me from over his smoked glasses. "You're more like Oriental Avenue right now, dove. What are you on?

He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all.

If the United States is accommodating, the North Koreans become accommodating. If the United States is hostile, they become hostile.

As you can see, even when [Adolf] Hitler desires to speak for peace, he cannot dispense with threats. This is symptomatic.

Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Save a threat till you're ready to act, and then you won't need it.

If you hit me, I'm gonna try to shoot the ball and get two free throws.

I like to get into people and make people uncomfortable. That's how I play and what I do.

The neighbor's kid was bullying my kid. Crossing the line. Threatening him all the time. I went over there to tell him what was going on. I had on flip-flops. I wasn't there to fight. It was a misunderstanding between a couple of dudes where one thing led to another.

He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting. “You need to be more careful,” he growled. “Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.” I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, “The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave.” “I have no doubt about it.” His voice was more satisfied then contrite.

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.

The next time you interfere with me, more than smoke will interfere with you.

Dealing w/ Hamas is like dealing w/ a crazy woman who’s trying to kill u – u can only hold her wrists so long before you have to slap her.