I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?

It is not about how much money you make. The question is are you educated enough to KEEP it.

My sons love LeBron more than they love me. I'm just a little jealous about it.

There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

If you're going to hire an assassin, let him go out and kill someone. I can't be Shaq taking six or seven shots.

I'm sort of like a specialist. I go in, do what I do and every four years, they get tired of me and I have to relocate myself.

I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.