I don't ever want to grow up. I guess I'm like Peter Pan. Grown-ups have problems. I want to stay happy.

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.

It only takes one cat – or person – to make another feel welcome and special.

The saddest feeling is knowing you deserve freedom and still feeling caged.

He had forgotten how to soar upon the wings of his soul...

Our body is the sacrifice that God requires at this hour

The 2006 federal Internet gaming statute is not ambiguous. It does not prohibit gambling on fantasy sports.

I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.

Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, float downstream.