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.

Well, Doctor, I don't have the diagnosis on that. I'll be sure to do a physical checkup and get back to you.

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 wouldn't. I would just go home. I'd fake an injury or something.

I'll just have to get it against my favorite team.

Some of my favorite songs--and I don't know if this is the right terminology--are white-boy classics.

It gets bigger every time you go over. In China, there was Yao Ming stuff everywhere. I'm just fortunate to have a good-looking face to where they recognize me.