Shaq interview: I never worked hard in practice

Phil Jackson, uh, what was discussed in your first meeting with him, he said, listen, you're doing good, but no more rap, no more videos, no more movies. I need you to concentrate. I ask him why make so much money doing that. I stop doing that because if you listen to me, you can get the MVP this year and we can win a championship. I was like, "Okay, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm GNA, try it and it actually

worked

." I think that year I averaged 29, played 79 games, MVP by far, I actually would have made history, but some idiot in Atlanta wishes I could say his name because I would call him an idiot to his face, it ruined history, I would have been the first. once MVP by unanimous decision but this idiot forgot his name Fred Hickman yes Fred Hickman idiot gives two votes to Allan Irson and ruins history idiot after all the

hard

work I put an idiot Fred Hickman ruins history everyone knows I was there that year out of blood, everyone knows it because Phil gave me the blueprint on how to win the championship and again an authoritative figure.

I looked through his resume and got six with the great Michael Jordan. I want to add to that, so yes sir, whatever you tell me to do, I'm going to do it. to do what were their team meditation sessions, as being from the neighborhood. I know it smells like cannabis, so there was something about it that was a cousin of cannabis, whatever that means. Sage, yeah, then he came in and said, "he Okay, guys, close your eyes, so he." be waving, I go, let's go, and I'm looking, close your eyes, so we were sitting there and it was kind of like my dream attraction, he was saying things like see yourself in the parade, see yourself winning the championship, see yourself dominating the game, you see yourself shooting free throws in a decisive situation, we would actually do that and I thought I was used to this, so a lot of times it was great, a couple of times you get tired of hanging out the night before and you hear a GU went but he was always helpful and what made me feel so good and I even do this today he does everything the same way every day.

It's called ritual. I have certain rituals that I won't break so I can. Do the same thing every day. He said something about you that I'm sure he didn't mean to be critical, but there's no other way to look at it: If you

worked

hard

er, he thought you could have won 10 straight MVPs. When? You heard that what was your re. I wasn't going to win 10 consecutive MVPs because he was just one of me and they weren't going to give it to me every year. You know, a lot of people say you should work harder, but. then I asked them how do they know what do they know the first year GPA 29 who did better than me, so if I'm like that, if Tim Duncan has a lower GPA than me, he's not working hard, that's what you're telling me. . many times when people talk it doesn't make sense the first year 29 we won the championship the second year average 27 we still won a championship the third year average 27 again we won a championship I'm going to do what I have to do and the words of Allan Iverson, We are talking about

practice

, did I work hard in

practice

?

No,

never

and let me tell you why the guy I'm playing against is beneath me to try to prove that he's worthy of being an NBA player. He would touch me up, so that's my philosophy. They're not going to touch me twice. They're not going to hit me in practice. Then I won't get hit in the game, so I'll relax and practice. I'll give you everything I can in the game, so when they used to see that it was oh, he's not working hard, but I'm not, I'm not going to work hard. I'm going out in front of these 16,000 people. so I give you 201810 I'm going to go out and dominate I'm going to go out and make the decisive free throws when I need them that's why you pay me you don't pay me to come in here at 9: from 9 to 12 and it's and it's actually a bad way of thinking. it's actually a bad way of thinking no, no player listening to this

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should do what I did, I didn't, but I knew that if I did I didn't practice, I knew I would have to step up in the arena and I did the most of the time, so you know again that you have to listen to what people say and how they say it, so your statement is partially correct, but that was my Philosophy I'm not going to give you three hard hours a day to give you getting beat up and going home and getting beat up and having to overdose on painkillers to get ready for the game, so I'm going to relax and practice. guys whatever you do I will be ready in the game don't worry I have you for more clips of this

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