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.
Shaquille O'NealI think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'
Shaquille O'NealThere was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they're in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I'm doing stuff like that all over.
Shaquille O'NealI'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way.
Shaquille O'Neal