"The bowl was 120,000 of these (cards). We took on a slogan, a motto or whatever you wish, but it really was about 15 guys just being strong. There was a lot of conjecture throughout the course of the year about our team. About the character, about certain players -- it wouldn't work, the chemistry. People just don't know how much these guys really wanted it. And so we just kept piling them in, 25,000. I had a little wheel barrel and I would dump a bunch in and Shaq would dump some in and we just kept building it up. A lot of people think it's corny, I don't. That's what it's all about."

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"A lot of people wanted to know what was in that little bowl in the locker room. It was a bunch of cards that said 15 strong. A bunch of pictures of us and our family, a bunch of pictures of us hanging together. It was a very tight knit group. This was the real definition of team." -- Shaquille O'Neal

"A lot of people wanted to know what was in that little bowl in the locker room. It was a bunch of cards that said 15 strong. A bunch of pictures of us and our family, a bunch of pictures of us hanging together. It was a very tight knit group. This was the real definition of team." -- Shaquille O'Neal