'Shaq' as he is more commonly known as affectionately amongst his vast array of fans, Shaquille O'Neal is one of the highest achievers in the world of Basketball having won no less than four NBA world championships. He is known especially for his enormous size, marked by his large shoe size of twenty-two.

Shaquille O'Neal is now playing the team the Cleveland Cavaliers and earning an impressive salary of sixty million dollars per year. In the past is played for numerous other basketball teams, most notably the Los Angeles Lakers with whom he won and astounding three NBA world championships

More recently Shaquille O'Neal earned another NBA world championship award with the basketball team, Miami Heat. This happened back in 2006, before he joined up with his current team.

Well known for his huge size, Shaquille O'Neal is not less than seven feet and an inch in height. However, he is well built and certainly very fit, with a weight of 325 pounds and a shoe size of 22 (sometimes thought to be as large as 23).

Shaquille O'Neal has not just spent his entire career limited to the world of basketball however. He has also been involved in numerous other ventures, businesses and past times.

Shaquille O'Neal also began a small music career, getting into rap music. To date, he has released five studio albums. He has also released a compilation album more recently. On top of this, he has also had a small career in acting and has appeared in quite a few television programs, especially reality TV shows. It is believed that he wanted a role in X-Men, but was unfortunately denied. His face appears on the covers and packaging of various video games in the basketball genre. Shaquille O'Neal continued to develop his prestigious career, even dabbling in law enforcement.