No matter where they put people, no matter how they try to promote people, there aren't too many people in the game today that are on my level on and off the court.

Every team that plays us plays above their heads. That's because of me.

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?

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.

Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything I'm into, it's real to me. There's nothing fake about it.

Nietzsche was so intelligent and advanced. And that's how I am. I'm the black, basketball-playing Nietzsche.