Shaquille O’Neal, a former basketball MVP, has a passion for personalizing his cars. Large is preferable so that they can accommodate his height and weight of 7 feet 1 inch. So how exactly does he manage to fit inside of his Smart car? He had the top of the house cut off with a saw.

Even his Ferrari and Lamborghini were modified to make room for the extension, but it is a wonder how he manages to use the pedals while wearing size 23 shoes.

The baller was born in New Jersey on March 6, 1972, but as a child he lived on military posts in both Germany and Texas due to his stepfather’s job as an army sergeant. After graduating from Louisiana State University, he entered the NBA and quickly rose to the position of Rookie of the Year in 1993.

Shaq’s first car was a simple Ford Bronco II, but he eventually worked his way up to driving Italian exotics and one-of-a-kind luxury vehicles.

After playing for the Orlando Magic, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Boston Celtics, he will have racked up a significant amount of kilometers playing basketball around the country.

After 19 seasons, he decided to call it quits in 2011 and has since turned his attention to some quite unique three- and four-wheelers. He was a professional race car driver for 19 seasons.

Today he turns 49 years old, and the likelihood is high that he is commemorating the event by driving about in Tony Montana’s Caddy…