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Shaquille O’Neal is opening up on his resolution to go above and past to assist the youth each vacation season … admitting he was a “high-level juvenile delinquent,” however is doing every little thing in his energy to make his mama proud now.
The four-time NBA champion chopped it up with Charles and Babcock on “TMZ Live” after one other profitable annual “Shaq-A-Claus” occasion … the place he handed out tons of toys, garments, tech and meals to greater than a thousand youngins in Georgia.
Shaq credit his mom — Lucille O’Neal — for developing with the concept for the occasion … and contemplating he wasn’t on his greatest conduct rising up, he is making amends together with his actions within the current.
“The only motivation just to make her smile,” he mentioned. “I’ve done a lot, received a lot, own a lot. But the biggest feeling I get is when my mother says she’s proud of me because there was a time in our life from 2 to 16, she was not proud of me.”
On high of the freebies, Shaq left the children with some stable information … saying, “Listen to your parents, and you can become anything you want.”
The 52-year-old made certain to squeeze in a “I love you, mommy” to Lucille — who’s a fan of the present — however mentioned subsequent time he spots Babcock, he is kicking his ass!!
