It's my job to make him look good. He's a very good looking man, so it's my job to keep him looking good.

As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.

Man, I don't wanna do what all the other guys do. I don't wanna end up in the booth after the games telling you what I think and talking smack about the guys on the floor when they are a lot better than that. I wanna be different. I don't wanna be known as Commentator Shaq. I wanna be a doctor or something good. I wanna be Dr. Shaq, Officer Shaq, Deputy Shaq.

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.

I'm still the Dun Dada of all big men.

If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.

To all the young people out there who think money and fame is important: that's only a small piece of the pie. You need an education to be totally secure in life. I feel very secure I can go get a real job now.