“I don’t care what Shaq says. Shaq played the game. He’s done. He’s gone. It’s time to move on. He hated the fact, you know, that when he played, the older guys were talking about him and how he played, and now he’s doing the exact same thing. Just let it go. There’s no sense for him to be talking trash at me. He did his thing in the league. He’s one of the most dominant players that ever played the game. Just sit back and relax. You did your thing. Your time is up. I don’t really care. I don’t really care. He can say whatever he wanna say. What do we need to get on the same page for? I have respect for him and what he did for basketball. That’s it. Like I said, he’s already did his thing. He played. And when my time is up, there’s gonna be somebody who can do everything that I can do. Probably do it better. And instead of me talking about him, I’ll do my job to try to help him get to where I’m at. I think that’s what guys who’ve done it before us should do.” —Dwight Howard