I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody.

I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show.

I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and he told me that I should shake Kobe Bryant's hand and let bygones be bygones and bury the hatchet.

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.

Alvin's the coach. We must be the Clippers. And I must be Olowokandi. Nooooo!

There's no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.

Well, I don't remember all the names of all the clubs we went to