The smaller guy, let's say two-thirds of [O'Neal's] body weight, requires that much less energy to do the same maneuver. It cost more energy at 330 [pounds] to lift the entire body of the ground. He has to work harder per maneuver, per rebound, per fast break. It takes a lot more energy and more demands out of his body.

The smaller guy, let's say two-thirds of (O'Neal's) body weight, requires that much less energy to do the same maneuver. It cost more energy at 330 (pounds) to lift the entire body off the ground. He has to work harder per maneuver, per rebound, per fast break. It takes a lot more energy and more demands out of his body.

If you factor in body weight and body-weight increases, it appears that our per capita energy consumption rate has gone up 18% since the 1980s.

Someone like him has to pace himself. He can't go all-out, all the time. He can't do it like he's 22-years old anymore.

When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those roles. Part of my spirituality, I always tell people, is to accept yourself for who you are.

I could eat my body weight in sushi.