Somebody asked me about this the other day. A young Shaq and a young Penny, the young Shaq's going to take over. A medium Shaq and a young Kobe, the medium Shaq is going to take over. Now you've got an older Shaq and a young Dwyane; you step aside, you let him do his thing and you just do what's asked of you.

I don't really consider myself one of those superstars. I just consider myself a guy that was lucky enough to win the athletic lottery many times over.

If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.

I was kind of hoping it was Anna Kournikova.

I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in.

I'll take 14 out of 15 any day of the week, any week of the month, any month of the year, any year of the century. I don't know what comes after century.