I take that as an insult, even at 36.

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.

There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them.

Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I'm not an ideologue, I don't join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents.

I like my whisky old and my women young.

I don't want the IRS banging down my door.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

Two of the most powerful words you can hear someone say are ‘me too.’

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.

All the little emptiness of love!