i was going to get a jimmy blazer and a benz, and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn t good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that s when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how d that happen? - so one day in the game, i m real smooth and i m, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pulled me outside. he said, come outside. he said, what are you doing? i said, i m just working on my dr. j. he said, there ain t no dr. j. be shaq. you better start dunking every time every time you get the ball, you better start dunking. and he walked back into there. so i was so mad and so embarrassed that he did that, that i told my guy, i said, give it to me. and from then on, i woul
i was going to get a jimmy blazer and a benz, and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn t good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that s when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how d that happen? - so one day in the game, i m real smooth and i m, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pulled me outside. he said, come outside. he said, what are you doing? i said, i m just working on my dr. j. he said, there ain t no dr. j. be shaq. you better start dunking every time every time you get the ball, you better start dunking. and he walked back into there. so i was so mad and so embarrassed that he did that, that i told my guy, i said, give it to me. and from then on, i woul
and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn t good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that s when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how d that happen? - so one day in the game, i m real smooth and i m, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pulled me outside. he said, come outside. he said, what are you doing? i said, i m just working on my dr. j. he said, there ain t no dr. j. be shaq. you better start dunking every time every time you get the ball, you better start dunking. and he walked back into there. so i was so mad and so embarrassed that he did that, that i told my guy, i said, give it to me. and from then on, i would dunk, dunk, and the crowd would go crazy. an
i was going to get a jimmy blazer and a benz, and that was going to be it. so was it not the passion then for basketball - but really the money? - yes. - really? - yes. levin: were you naturally good? shaq: no, at first i wasn t good. but, you know, i just gradually worked, worked, worked. and then when my father showed me that article, that s when i really started focusing. you had problems dunking. as a youngster, i did. and my father changed that, too. - how d that happen? - so one day in the game, i m real smooth and i m, you know, and i finger-rolled it up. my father called a time out, pulled me outside. he said, come outside. he said, what are you doing? i said, i m just working on my dr. j. he said, there ain t no dr. j. be shaq. you better start dunking every time every time you get the ball, you better start dunking. and he walked back into there. so i was so mad and so embarrassed that he did that, that i told my guy, i said, give it to me. and from then on, i woul