Please welcome the one and only Shaq!
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Hi.
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Hi.
It's good to see you.
Nice to see you.
So you--
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They didn't know you were here.
This is a surprise to them.
Oh, they didn't know?
Yeah, they had no idea.
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This is like-- what is this here?
This is my Hall of Fame ring that I had made for myself.
Yeah.
Are they normally that big, or you had it
made that big for you?
You like big things.
Yes, I had it made this big for me.
Yeah, it's like a coaster.
I could actually--
Try it on.
OK.
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Put a couple of fingers through there.
Wow, that's a big ring.
That's beautiful.
You're a big guy.
And you have a big ring.
And you have a big house.
Yes.
And your house is, like, really big, though.
I would think you need high ceilings.
But do you need it to be as large as-- can we show the--
this is from Google Earth, probably.
All right, how many square feet is that?
My house is 76,000 square fee.
76,000 square feet.
Yes.
In Orlando, Florida.
Yep, there it is.
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All right, so how long have you lived in that house?
Since 1996.
Oh, a long time.
Yeah, a long time.
So did you build it?
No.
I bought it when it was 25,000 square feet.
And I had a 10-bedroom guest house built.
And I had a four-court basketball court built.
OK, so you just kept adding on.
Yes, I just kept adding on.
OK, so 76,000 square feet--
how much of that do you use?
Only two rooms.
Two rooms.
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Two rooms-- the kitchen, because I like to eat,
and the bedroom, because I like to sleep.
Right.
What about a living room, or a den, or something like that?
No, never go to the theater, never go to the gym.
Really?
Yeah.
But I mean-- and how many bathrooms do you have?
I think 15.
OK.
You know you're supposed to flush the toilet
and run the water once a week so it doesn't smell
with the drains and everything.
Do you know--
I never knew that.
Yep, yeah.
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Seriously?
So that-- yes, that part of the house
is not going to smell good when you ever go there.
Yeah, you need to run water and flush toilets.
I never knew that.
I always think of that with people with big houses.
It's like, you've got to use it all, or else it just is--
yeah, you got to move out.
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Yeah, you got to move out into just a place
with a kitchen and a bedroom.
You're right.
Yeah, just go to a hotel or something.
No, seriously, I got to flush all the toilets?
Yeah.
Oh, I never knew that.
Your housekeeper should know that.
Yeah, once a week, you're supposed--
I don't have a housekeeper.
I clean my own house.
Do you really?
No, I'm just kidding.
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I'm just playing.
Your housekeeper should know that, though.
OK, yeah.
You better ask that they were doing that.
I will, I will.
Go check it.
All right, so you have how many kids?
Six.
Six kids.
Yes.
And you have rules for them.
Yes.
What are they?
Well, my most famous rule is, in order
to touch any of my cheese, you have to present me two degrees.
You know what that means?
No.
I don't know what any of that means.
OK, cheese means money.
Money.
So their father is very successful.
So as a father, I'm not going to give them handouts.
Right.
They have to get a bachelor's and master's.
And then I will--
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Oh, wow.
Two degrees.
Yeah, two degrees to get any of my cheese.
So they're not in the will unless they get two degrees.
Exactly.
Good for you.
That's really smart.
That's the only rule?
Well, my sons can date when they're 18.
And my daughters can date when they're 24.
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That's not fair.
Well, you're right.
It's not fair.
But my daughters are much smarter than my boys.
And I want them to always be focused.
And I want them to realize that, hey, you have
to be happy within yourself.
You don't really need anybody to make you happy.
You have to be happy for yourself.
And you can do your own thing.
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True.
What would happen-- let's just say,
hypothetically, one of your daughters, at 18 or 19,
meets a really great guy.
I'm waiting for that.
I know.
So that's what I'm saying.
So what happens?
I'm going to torture them.
In what way?
Well, you know, first thing I have to let the guy know
is, all the little things that you think you're doing,
I invented--
you know, all the little sly moves,
like you're going to the movies, and you
start to do stuff like that--
I did all that stuff.
Uh-huh.
So I need to let him know that I know what he's thinking.
Right.
I'd just really, really torture him.
OK, well--
Torture him bad.
OK, you've made it clear no one's
going to date your daughters.
Yes.
All right, so I understand-- and I love stories like this,
because you had an opportunity to get in on Starbucks earlier,
right?
Yes.
It was my worst investment ever.
So you guys know who Harold Schultz is?
So Harold Schultz is the owner of Starbucks.
So I'm meeting with him, I want to say.
And he says, Shaq, I want to open up
Starbucks in African-American communities.
So me growing up, I'd never seen black people drink coffee.
So I look to the owner of Starbucks and say,
it's not going to work.
Black people don't drink coffee.
So now, every time I go to Starbucks,
I see black people drinking coffee, I'm like--
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So yeah, that was my worst--
When did this start?
Yeah, that was--
Wait, but you didn't do so bad on Google.
What happened with Google?
So one time, this was like when I first got to LA--
like '93, '94.
So I'm in the Four Seasons Hotel.
And I'm playing with somebody's kids.
And they're in the meeting.
So I'm playing with the kids at the next table.
And the guy--
I'm actually babysitting the guy's kids
while he's in the meeting.
So after the meeting, he says, you know what?
You're good with kids.
I like you.
I'm going to bring you in on this investment.
And it was called Google.
And he said, in the future, you're
going to be able to type on your phone,
search engine, this, do this, boom, boom, boom.
You should invest.
I invested.
And then, a couple years later, I got a really big return.
Yes, you did.
Yeah, a really big return.
Are you out of it now, or are you still in it?
No, I'm still in it.
Good for you.
Yeah, I'm still in it.
That's amazing.
Wow.
See, you just play with kids sometimes, and it pays off.
I know, right?
You never know whose kid-- whose parents--
All right, so tell us about the movie.
It looks hilarious.
And is that New Orleans?
It looked like New Orleans.
No, we actually shot that in Atlanta.
But before I talk about the movie,
I just want to let you know that I've
come a long way since Kazaam.
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I've come a long way, so--
I'm much better.
OK.
The movie is a fun movie.
It has a lot of heart.
For those who don't know Uncle Drew,
Uncle Drew is Kyrie Irving.
That's his alter ego.
He's and older gentleman, never made it to the NBA,
but was always a great player.
So Uncle Drew has four or five older teammates--
myself, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, Lisa Leslie.
And we just go around.
And we play against all these young guys.
Reggie Miller is also in the class.
But it's a very fun movie.
It opens June 29.
And I think it's going to be hilarious.
All right.
Well, I trust you on that.
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