I think he got an incidental elbow in the face, messed up his pretty red lips a little bit. But other than that he'll be fine.

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.

Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him

The human spirit lives on creativity and dies in conformity and routine.

Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful.