Once you learn how to do something, you don't lose it. Unless you die.

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.

Be your own best friend and unlock the fountain of beauty.

You know my children that humanity advances only by forming itself an ideal and endeavoring to realize it. Every passion has its ideal which is modified by that of the whole.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed.

Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.

I'm a gentleman and I was always taught it's rude, to talk about a woman's age or weight unless you are breaking up with her.

Without love, I should be spiritless.

Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

Instead of collecting things and staying in one space, I want to collect experiences.

I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.