How about you? when you walk away from the NBA, what would you like
your legacy to be?
The best big man ever.

What will the job title read on your next business card?
Sheriff, ATF Agent, or Police Officer. I have been through the academy and am a Reserve Deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Renowned for his dapper duds, notable quotes, car and motorcycle collections, and Superman fascination (the Man of Steel’s “S” logo graces countless Shaq possessions, including a tattoo), Shaq is nothing if not flamboyant. However, he is quite—but quietly— active in the community.

Tell me about your involvement with TWIsM (the world is mine), a clothing company you started to help the underprivileged?
We do a lot of things people don’t know about because we don’t want people to know. When a police officer is killed, we send flowers and help raise money for the officer’s kids. My wife has been involved at the battered women and children shelter. TWIsM started after a lady came up to me and told me her son wanted my shoes but she could not afford them. That really hit me. If I asked my father for $150 shoes he would have smacked me.