I just want to keep people entertained.

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.

Apa boleh kita punya harapan, Ray?""Boleh, kenapa nggak?""Walaupun kelihatannya nggak mungkin?""Kenapa nggak mungkin?

Sometimes surviving is all you can do

Thoughts. Thoughts bombard my head, my brain. My psyche

. . . Most falls aren't free -- there is always the tension, it seems to me, between what you are falling from and what you are falling to.

One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble.

My father and my mother separated when I was two.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

And I take full responsibility for my actions and whatever consequences my peers see fit.

When my hair is dyed, I feel like I'm 35 again.

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.