Shaq Gets Very Real About the End of His Career
This week, we are extremely excited to welcome NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal to The Old Man and the Three! In this clip, Shaq discusses his grieving period once he realized he was no longer as dominant as he used to be on the Boston Celtics and leading into his retirement.
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Love wilt to death but i still feel shaq was slightly more dominant
Shaquille is the coolest megastar the NBA ever had. Read his books.
Take it from someone who's been in business for 32 years of my 34 years of marriage, until my wife was diagnosed with having chronic Lymphoma leukemia two years ago and then me selling my business and retiring. We all need a purpose in life and stop being stagnant before losing the passion of life.
Kudos for Shaq not misusing the word “depression” like 99% of the rest of society
Shaq's last 6 years in the league, is better than JJ's entire career.
The episode we all been waiting for….unless Kobe was still here 😢
Shaq was born with physical gifts but he never had the work ethic he really could have been goat status but he’s not
Imagine if Shaq stayed in the kind of shape he was in Orlando his whole career?
That's the first time in 30 years of being a Shaq fan that I heard him try to make something racial.
If it was racial yeah go in but my opinion not knowing a comedian and not knowing the context between that comedian and Lebron James is not something worth mentioning the way Shaq did.
Meh. Whatever floats your goat.
Shoutout from Roanoke jj! Keep it up the city is proud, followed you through duke,nba, and loving you on the commentary/podcast scene!
A lot of people value their time, but a lot of people can't do it the VIP way do to ….money!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ….well, lack there of.
I really appreciate the honest reflection. People are just people and your hero will experience what you experience and vice versa. Fame and finance are not protection from being a human being.
what brand are shaq's glasses? i need those!
Can you imagine what he would average with touch fouls
Stop selling the Covid mask.
Classic ADHD anger issues among other symptoms. I totally get this.
JJ, you were him in college then had to accept being a role player
How big a parachute he gonna need
@Shaq | 100% feel you. I think about how fast this all goes by often. My mama use to warn me but I never realized what she meant until I was older and I wished she was hear for me to tell her & meet her grand babies. I'm still a big kid at heart and approaching life the same way from here on out. Matter fact I'm trying to hit that water park with you, for real! And FYI: for a whole generation of us that you raised, you're still HIM!!!
This bra out here in that hoodie looking like he gonna scoop a 333i gusheshe❤❤❤
Hey hey.. s dat BMW on J. J,
… my man!
Shaq's here because P Diddy is currently busy.
If Shaq would have let Kobe work on his free-throws, he would have have been completely unstoppable.
Pride and ego lowered his all-time rank.
Being a basketball player is so much of the identity. If that goes away, they have to find out who they are from now on. Nothing much to do with trophies and records.
I’ve always wondered if athletes get depressed after retirement. As a veteran I know how much it’s sucks after getting out of the military when it was your dream. I can only imagine how it feels to reach the highest level of a game you love, do it for 15-20 years and then bam. It’s over like that
Shaq mouth is terrible lol
Wilt Chamberlain is the goat 🐐. Shaq knew who to follow after.
Both of them didn't want to use to D word but both of them said it🤣🤣
Love JJ, & Shaq man great stuff.
Shaq keep hinting to JJ heading to the Lakers in some capacity.
Just a PSA: anyone can use the word depression to describe what they are/were feeling. Yes, sometimes in life others may be having a harder time in general than you but that doesn’t invalidate what YOU are/were feeling. Don’t listen to those who compare struggles, that’s a fools errand and not helping anyone.
Depression effects us all from time to time. In some cases, limiting your expression because of what others say can even contribute to a lot of negative emotions that fuel depression or anxiety.
20 summers? Bro 70 years old isn't that old. Stay healthy and keep going to waterparks!