Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

People do more for you when you make them feel important.

I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them.

You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.

I think people love to be noticed, they love to feel included. A lot of people are flattered if you, you know, if you make jokes about them, or I think because it means they're known.

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

I know how much I put in and it does hurt when people say you are not trying.

I don't always feel seen.

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.

It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.

Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth

None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?

I think there are certain people that you'll always want to impress no matter how much success you have.

It's hard for me to know. I'll think, 'I really brought off my ideas, it's great,' and no one sparks to it

What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.

I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special.

The whole concept of awards is silly. I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don't.

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.

I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.

Our deepest need is to be seen.