If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.

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.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

Tell me, who is behind a great woman? That's right. No one. She has to get there herself.

I tell lies somewhere else, but not here, not in front of myself.

But stupid things have a gravity and a momentum of their own

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.

I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do?

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

He who never hurries is always on time.