I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

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.

Effective leaders have the ability to serve and appreciate others while at the same time enabling them to achieve greatness.

I am not who I was, but I know who I am.

war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it.

Even the most honest writer lets slip a word too many when he wants to round off a period.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.

If I could walk into the 'Friends' audition again and go or not go, I have to say it's 50-50.

Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!

You can't fulfill your calling in your comfort zone!

The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.