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.

I look forward to making Miami a media mecca.

Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

It's t'ai chi every time. I'm using your positive energy, and I'm blowing off it. See, most guys can't push, they got to lean. When they lean, I spin.

I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.

I got into foul trouble, so I really kind of had to play on egg shells from there on out.

Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.