Coach (Pat) Riley told us on June 8 we'd win the title on June 20.

The Big Cactus... because if you come too close, you're gonna get stuck.

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn't always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

You know, I'm very photogenic.

No one calls me out, I'm from LSU.

I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet.

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.

This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what's best for them, including me.

I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.

Rules meant order. Without them they’d be killing each other. It began with butting in, with parking in disabled spaces, with smoking in elevators. And it ended in murder.

As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime.

Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean.

Claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt.

In performance, you dont always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.