The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.

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.

The rules of physics are, in some cases, suspiciously anthropic.

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

We are all affected by our pasts, but it is within our power not to let what we have done to dictate what we will do.

You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.