I'm the first player in history that doesn't want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.

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.

I would say that kids are great in many ways, because I think that we are less hampered when it comes to 'this costs too much' or 'that's impossible.'

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

I turned forty, and Im finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.