If you go around the league, anybody with the last name 'vich' is a great shooter. Radmanovic, Vujacic... all those 'iches.

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.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

You can’t buy time, Nick. Ever. It’s the only thing in life you can’t get most of, and it’s the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it’s gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart.

No one ever died with too much money.

In all religions, we make a choice about what we emphasize, and I choose to come down on the side of a loving God.

I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way.

I could not paint at all if I had to paint slowly. Every effect is so transient, it must be rapidly painted.

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.

If I like you, I'm going to tell you. I'm a hugger, even with men: I'm just very deep.