<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Dwyane Wade called him out in the media. Pat Riley called him out with a quick hook.</p> </p> Apparently, Shaquille O'Neal has received the message.</p> </p> "I'll step up," the Heat center vowed after Tuesday's practice. "I will. Have no fear."</p> </p> "Some of what he's saying and some of what Dwyane's saying is true," he said. "I've got to step up." -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel</p> </p> <div class="txt-mod"> [*]Saturday night, after a victory at New Jersey, O'Neal seemed peeved over criticism. He said he would do things "my way ... I don't care who likes it." He also said, "All the games that slip away are my fault. It's always the general's fault." </p> Tuesday, O'Neal said reporters had misinterpreted his sentiments as a challenge to Riley.</p> </p> "You guys asked questions and I answered them how I feel like answering them," O'Neal told reporters. "I don't really have any motive, any rhetoric, so to speak. We don't really do that here. Pat doesn't tolerate it, and neither does the Arison family (the owners of the Heat).</p> </p> "So I may say stuff that may get misconstrued, but they all know what I'm talking about when I say certain stuff. We have the type of relationship where we can talk to each other. I don't have to send messages through you guys." -- Palm Beach Post</p> </div></div></p>
