What Drives Shaq?
The Lead
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🗓️ 24 September 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Shaquille O’Neal’s was one of the most dominant centers to ever play in the NBA. And now, he wants his post basketball life to mirror his days on the court. Through business investments, strict social media rules and always listening to his mother Shaq is on a mission to become the richest retired basketball player on the planet. The Athletic’s Armen Keteyian joins us to talk about his exclusive interview with The Big Aristotle.
You can watch Armen’s video “Big Man, Big Brand” here: https://theathletic.com/video/20-shaq?source=theleadpodcast
And to listen to a podcast series about the rivalry between Shaq and Kobe, check out “Sports Wars”: https://wondery.com/shows/sports-wars/
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| 0:00.0 | Last year, Papa John's pizza was wrapped up in a major controversy. |
| 0:11.2 | The company's founder admitted using the N-word during a conference call. |
| 0:15.1 | Shnutter acknowledging trying to justify previous negative comments he made about NFL players |
| 0:21.0 | taking a knee. |
| 0:22.2 | There was huge public backlash and the company's stock plummeted. |
| 0:26.6 | And then, Papa John's found a rather unlikely new ambassador, Shaquille O'Neal. |
| 0:32.2 | So over the weekend, the NBA legend, who was the first black person to join the Papa |
| 0:36.0 | John's board of directors, had the ribbon cutting for one of the nine stores he's investing |
| 0:40.6 | in. |
| 0:41.6 | The athletics arm in Catayon recently sat down with Shaq to talk about why he chose to |
| 0:46.6 | get involved with Papa John's. |
| 0:48.1 | It was about being the next junior bridgeman. |
| 0:50.7 | Shaquille O'Neal is a mixture of 50 different people. |
| 0:54.2 | He's about how Shaq's mom played a role in his business success. |
| 1:01.8 | And about what's driving the big Aristotle today. |
| 1:06.4 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:09.2 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:11.0 | It's Tuesday, September 24th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:14.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:19.7 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the people. |
| 1:23.8 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:26.7 | You can't play MC in the behind. |
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