Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I know he's retired, but I'm a big fan of Shaquille O'Neal, his game and his personality. I have a pair of his shoes in my office. You see the size of his shoe and think, 'This is not real, this couldn't belong to a human being.' But he is human!
I think being Shaquille O'Neal would be the most amazing thing. There's nothing I would have done differently in his life. Everything he's done I think is pretty spot on, even, like, the bad rap videos, the shoes, the movies, everything.
I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'
Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.'
Every once in a while, I hear somebody call me Tracy to try to let me know that they know me, you know, personally. But most of my real friends will call me Trey, or 'Ice' was basically short for Iceberg. So they would call me - some of my boys call me Berg.
My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.
It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.
I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?
In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky.