I'm a realist. I like to put it in business terms. I ran three different corporations my way and I was successful. But I'm an older guy who is on his way out so they brought me in as a consultant for the new, up-and-coming CEO. I'm here for him.

I'm one year older, one year sexier - one more, baby. For me, it's all about the bigger picture. We want to win the whole thing. We've got to beat whoever is in our way.

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.

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.

I am a tropical black man.

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

The only demise of Shaquille O'Neal will be his age.