I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.

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.

To all the young people out there who think money and fame is important: that's only a small piece of the pie. You need an education to be totally secure in life. I feel very secure I can go get a real job now.

Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.

My first movie. I think I won an Oscar for this.

Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective.

He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.