If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points without consistently making free throws. Don't have me doing something I'm not used to doing. I ain't used to being a pick-setter. Let me badda-bing, badda-bang.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

I'm a combination of the Terminator and Bambi.

I'm the last in the line of Russells and Chamberlains.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

I have orders not to come back until I'm a thousand percent.

It's sort of like in the movie The Karate Kid when Daniel said he needed Mr. Miyagi. And Mr. Miyagi gave him that confidence to believe he really didn't. These guys think they really need me right now, but they don't. When I come back, we'll all need each other to step up our games and do what needs to be done.