And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.
But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older.
But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.
David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.
Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's rights for them and their family.
I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.
I average 25 with three guys on me and they are just looking at stats I guess.
I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.
I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.
I don't see us having a problem. It's going to be my job to manage the locker room, anyway, so it will work out.
I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.
I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?
I have never been a shooter.
I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that.
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 started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.
I started out as a young Ninja and killed all of the Shoguns. I am a Shogun now and I'm holding my spot. There probably won't be another Shogun after this.
I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.
I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'.
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship.
If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.
Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.
One lucky shot deserves another.
Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!
Some things you just can't question. Like you can't question why two plus two is four. So don't question it, don't try to look it up. I don't know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don't know.
Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.
That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore.
The Miami Heat has the best fans.
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.
This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.
We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game.
When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like a man.
Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).
Shaq appeared on the cover of the video game "NBA Showtime: NBA On NBC".
Shaq has his own ESPN Original show. It's called Shaquille. The show focuses on Shaq and his family.
Shaq has faced Kobe Bryant twice, in MTV's, "Celebrity Deathmatch.
Shaq always smiles when he fouls other players.
Shaq ranked #15 in the NBA in Blocks Per Game, with 1.76, in the 2005-2006 season.
Shaq averaged 9.2 rebounds per game in the 2005-2006 season
Shaq averaged 11.5 rebounds per game in the 2003-2004 season
Shaq averaged 10.7 rebounds per game in the 2001-2002 season
Shaq averaged 13.6 rebounds per game in the 1999-2000 season
Shaq averaged 11.4 rebounds per game in the 1997-1998 season
Shaq averaged 11.0 rebounds per game in the 1995-1996 season
Shaq averaged 13.2 rebounds per game in the 1993-1994 season.
Shaq averaged 20.0 points per game in the 2005-2006 season.
Shaq averaged 21.5 points per game in the 2003-2004 season.
Shaq averaged 27.2 points per game in the 2001-2002 season.
Shaq averaged 29.7 points per game in the 1999-2000 season.
Shaq averaged 26.3 points per game in the 1998-1999 season.
Shaq averaged 26.3 points per game in the 1996-1997 season.
Shaq averaged 29.3 points per game in the 1994-1995 season.
Shaq averaged 23.4 points per game in the 1992-1993 season.
Shaq recorded a career-high 28 rebounds against the New Jersey Nets on November 20, 1993.
Shaq scored a career-high 61 points against the LA Clippers on March 6, 2000.
Shaq was chosen in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Shaq led the league in field-goal percentage in 2004-05 (.601).
Shaq debuted in a videogame in 1993 by the name of "Shaq Fu". It was avalible for the SNES and Sega Genesis.
Shaq won an Olympic Gold Medal in men's basketball in 1996.
Shaq became a reserve police officer in Miami.
Shaq's name means "Little Warrior" in Arabic.
Shaq is 7 feet, 1 inch tall.
Shaq graduated from Louisiana State University on 15 December 2000, with a BA in general studies and a political science minor. O'Neal left LSU after his junior year in 1992, and finished his degree by attending summer school during the basketball offseason, and through an independent studies program.
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