Shaq Uncut: My Story (39 page)

With Dwyane Wade in 2006.
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Swearing in as a police officer in Miami in 2005.
(AP Photo/Miami Beach Police Department)

Happier days in Miami with Pat Riley in 2007.
(David Zalubowski/AP Photo)

I always respected Dirk Nowitzki’s game.
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Dallas Morning News
/Corbis)

Gotta eat your Wheaties!
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Dallas Morning News
/Corbis)

After winning my fourth NBA Championship—2006.
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Me with President Bush in 2007.
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Yao Ming: a flat-out terrific player who had to retire much too young in 2008.
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LeBron and myself in sync in 2010.
(Tony Dejak/AP Photo)

Dunkman in Boston in 2010.
(Yoon S. Byun/
The Boston Globe
via Getty Images)

With Doc Rivers, signing with the Celtics, in 2010.
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Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce, and myself.
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I only wish I had been healthier when I was playing for the Celtics.
(Charles Krupa/AP Photo)