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Hoops on Fox Podcast

Extended Cut - 3/23/17 - Shaquille O'Neal

Hoops on Fox Podcast

FOX Sports

Sports

4.8662 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this extended cut, Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal opens up about how there was more to his game that he didn't show. Shaq talks about his father's influence on him helped his desire to continue to win rings, how Phil Jackson uses the media to motivate his players, and players shining a light on social issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm in my zone.

0:02.9

I'm in my zone.

0:05.9

Breaking them as they come.

0:08.7

Who crowned at number one?

0:12.5

Shaquille O'Neill.

0:14.2

Jack, thanks for joining the In-Zone podcast.

0:17.5

Let's start out with a little known secret about you.

0:20.8

You have a full court in your house, Miami Heat, and people don't know I played there once.

0:28.9

And with you, the way I remembered, I was raining jumpers all over the place.

0:33.8

But how do you remember it?

0:35.5

I remember me crossing you up, laying it up, and looking at you, you looked at me.

0:39.3

And I told you, I said, hey, all the coaches I played for was holding my game back.

0:44.3

You did hit a three to win the game.

0:47.3

I remember that.

0:48.3

I know.

0:49.3

If you, I mean, if you were coming up today, like as a young player coming up in the way they play today,

0:56.0

how do you think your game would be different or would it be different? Would you just play the way

1:00.3

you played? I think I would have played the way that I played. When I came in, I had to find a niche.

1:07.7

And my niche was going to be strictly power. I was big, I was agile, I was strong,

1:12.6

and the coaches I played for were kind of old school coaches, Maddie Gooker, so even though

1:17.6

I had the ability to be like a garnet or a Dunkin, they were not going to let me do that. It was like,

1:22.6

get to the post, get to the post, get to the post, and that's what I did. Every day out of then, you know, when the game was kind of boring, I would get it and go coast to coast, make a nice pass or make a nice

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