I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.
Shaquille O'NealI didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.
Shaquille O'NealThere is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.
Shaquille O'NealThey asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That's backwards, man.
Shaquille O'Neal