That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.

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 the positive impact on someone’s life.

It's incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves.

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.

Progress not perfection.

Within neoliberal narratives, youth are mostly defined as a consumer market, a drain on the economy, or stand for trouble.

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.

[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use.

I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people.