Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.

Freedom comes with a lot of responsibility. When you are by yourself, you have to develop a third eye.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

I've always took care of myself.

I better know how to take care of myself.

If you don't look after yourself, no one else will.

I don't give advice, because I always made my own mistakes and would only be adding further chaos to the situation.

You have people like Sarah Jessica Parker - and it's also because of her mother and where she came from and all that stuff - but how you're taught to be responsible for yourself rather than endlessly people waiting for you and bringing you things.

My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to what other people are doing.

You live and you learn, man. I've learned you can't wait on anybody. You have to raise your awareness yourself.

Once you have really done all you can, then you can show it to people. But I find this is increasingly not the case with the younger people. They do a first draft and want somebody to finish it off for them with good advice.

I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.

Keeping your commitment to your purpose does not depend on other people keeping theirs.

The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible. Certainly not to be trusted.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

I try not to think about anybody's reaction to what I do.

I don't want to have anyone else to do my housework. I've always done it myself. I believe you should do it yourself. I feel very strongly about that.

Only a fool manages himself.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.