>> IN THE WORLD OF BASKETBALL, FEW PLAYERS MORE CELEBRATED OR MORE EXCITING TO WATCH THAN SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, ATTRIBUTING HIS SUCCESS BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT TO THE VALUES INSTILLED IN HIM AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. AND HE WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CLUB'S DENTAL CARE. OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA, AND MICHAEL HILL HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH SHAQ. WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE A PLACE LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB GROWING UP. >> THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED. BOTH PARENTS HAD JOBS. COULDN'T AFFORD BABY-SITTERS. LIVED ACROSS THE STREET. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO COME HERE AFTER SCHOOL AND WAIT UNTIL ONE OF US CAME TO GET YOU. MISS BANKS, SHE IS STILL HERE SHE MADE SURE THAT ALL THE KIDS WENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. LET ME SEE YOUR HOMEWORK FOR. SO EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT. AFTER WE SHOWED HER THE HOMEWORK, WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY. THIS IS A SAFE HAVEN BUT ALSO A PLACE TO CULTIVATE MY DREAMS. >> YOU LEARNED A LOT. >> FIRST THING I LEARNED IS HOW TO TURN CRITICISM INTO MOTIVATION. WHEN YOU ARE BIGGER THAN EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY EXPECTS YOU TO BE MICHAEL JORDAN ALREADY. COULDN'T PLAY, COULDN'T DUNK, BUT HAD THE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION. >> IF YOU WERE NOT HERE, AND THIS CLUB WERE NOT HERE, WHERE WOULD SHAQUILLE O'NEAL HAVE BEEN? >> I THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT. I OWE THIS PLACE. THAT IS WHY I KEEP COMING BACK. IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS PLACE, THERE WOULDN'T BE SHAQUILLE O'NEILL. OR THE BRAND. >> THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS WHEN I WAS A KID. I HELPED BUILD ALL THE STUFF IN THERE NOW, AND IT IS AWESOME. >> KIDS NEVER GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THE DENTIST OR EYES EXAMINED, IN THIS CASE, ISSUES LATER ON IN LIFE ARE ADDRESSED. >> IT IS A BIG ORDEAL, KIDS ARE SHY BY NATURE, SO IF YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU WON'T READ. I CAN'T SEE, I WON'T READ. YEARS AFTER, THAT JUST ADDS TO ILLITERACY. SO WE GET THEM IN THERE, AND GET THEM TESTED AND TELL THEM DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, PICK OUT A PAIR. AND IN HERE, WE ASSOCIATE READING WITH COMIC BOOKS AND OTHER LITTLE BOOKS AND FUN BOOKS MANY START TO BRING UP THEIR COMPREHENSION AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THE YOUNGSTERS. WHEN I GOT TOGETHER WITH THE DOCTOR AND FRIENDS AND WE SAID WE GOTTA MAKE IT FREE. AND IT IS WONDERFUL. PEOPLE CALL IT GIVING BACK, AND THIS IS WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO. SUPPOSED TO DO IT BECAUSE MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO DO IT. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND FIX THAT PLACE UP. FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE A HOUSE, HANDLE THAT. SOME MAY CALL IT GIVING BACK, BUT I AM TAKING ORDERS FROM THE PERSON WHO RAISED ME. >> YOU VOWED TO KEEP THAT PROBLEM. >> ANY MAN THAT DON'T KEEP A PROMISE TO HIS MOTHER IS NOT A REAL MAN OR ANY MAN WHO DOESN'T HONOR HIS MOTHER, IS NOT A REAL MAN OR ANY WOMAN. MY MOM WORKED HARD FOR ME. THE REASON WHY I WORK HARD FOR HER IS I APPRECIATE THAT. THE FUNNY THING ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP, IS HER MOTHER TOLD HER WHEN I WAS BORN, THIS ONE IS SPECIAL. WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE WORLD KNOWN. 1 YEARS OLD. I AM DOING WHAT I AM TOLD. >> I LISTEN TO YOU TELL YOUR STORY ABOUT THIS CLUB AND WHAT YOU LEARNED HERE, YOU KNEW THEN WHEN YOU WERE A KID, DESPITE THE MINOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, AND OTHER STRUGGLES, YOU MAY HAVE HAD, YOU KNEW YOU WERE SPECIAL. >> I KNEW I WAS SPECIAL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT. 50% OF PEOPLE TELLING YOU YOU ARE GOING TO BE THAT. AND THE OTHER 50% YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. AND YOU LEAN, MAYBE, I AM NOT GOING TO GO PRO OR GET A SCHOLARSHIP. BUT MY MOTHER AND FATHER TOLD ME NEVER GIVE UP. AND MISS BANKS WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE ANSWER, DON'T GIVE UP. DO IT AGAIN. GO AHEAD, USE YOUR FINGERS. SIX TIMES FIVE IS 30. THAT'S RIGHT, BABY. GROWING UP, YOU CAN'T GIVE UP. >> IN MAKING THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU HAVE MADE HERE, THESE KIDS KNOW, SOMEBODY CARED ABOUT THEM. >> I THINK THEY KNOW THAT I CARE. BUT BASICALLY, I AM TELLING THEM, I AM IN THE SAME SITUATION YOU ARE FROM. I KNOW YOU LOOK AT ME NOW, AND LOOK AT ALL THE TOYS. BUT THE WAY TO GET TO THE TOYS, YOU HAVE GOT TO START FROM SOMEWHERE. I USED TO EAT ONCE A DAY ALSO. AND I USED TO GO CHRISTMASES WITHOUT GETTING ANY PRESENTS. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. HOWEVER, THIS IS THE BLUE PRINT. I KNOW IT, BECAUSE I WROTE IT. I AM A DOCTOR. AND YOU STUDY THIS. THERE IS A HELL OF A CHANCE THAT YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL OR MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ME. BE A LEADER, NOT A FOLLOWER. NEVER GIVE UP. FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. DON'T BE TALKING BACK TO THAT MAN LIKE THAT, YOU GO AND SAY YES, SIR, NO, SIR. THAT IS ALL I HAD. I WASN'T A WHIZ KID, A GREAT ATHLETES. THOSE PRINCIPLES MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY. YOU FOLLOW THESE, BAM, YOU CAN GET OUT. >> YOU HAVE HAD AN IMPORTANT MENTOR IN YOUR LIFE. >> YEAH, DALE BROWN. 13-YEARS OLD, 6'9" COULDN'T DUNK, COULDN'T PLAY. IN GERMANY, WE WERE IN WEST GERMANY AT THE TIME. MY FATHER SAID LET'S GO LISTEN TO THIS GUY COACH, MAYBE YOU CAN GET A SCHOLARSHIP. SO I TALKED TO HIM, COACH, 6'9", CAN'T PLAY, CAN'T DUNK. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH MY LOWER EXTREMITIES, I LEARNED THAT WORD THE DAY BEFORE IN THE DICTIONARY BECAUSE I WAS ON PUNISHMENT. HE SAID HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE ARMY. I SAID I AM NOT IN THE ARMY, I AM 13. WHAT? 13? SO WE KEPT IN TOUCH. HE SENT ME QUOTES, PAMPHLETS. AND I HAD TO WRITE HIM A PAINFUL LETTER, ALL THE STUFF YOU SENT ME, DIDN'T WORK. THANKS FOR THE WORK. I APPRECIATE YOU. I AM GOING TO QUIT AND JOIN THE ARMY LIKE MY DAD. LOVE YOU. NEXT LETTER, I DON'T WANT YOU TO QUIT. FORGET BASKETBALL. DO YOUR STUDIES. GET BACK TO THE STATES AND CALL ME. HE SAYS I WILL GIVE YOU A SCHOLARSHIP. FINANCIAL AID, DONE, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. THAT'S WHY I CHOSE TO GO TO LSU. HE SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT I DON'T SEE IN MYSELF. BY THE TIME I GOT TO SAN ANTONIO, I WAS THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER. HE HELPED ME THROUGH THE WAY. >> AND ONCE YOU WENT TO LSU? >> HE TOOK CARE OF ME, AND HAD THE SAME PRINCIPLES MY PARENTS HAVE. LIKE, HEARD YOU WERE OUT WITH SOME GUYS DRINKING THE DAY, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. YOU KNOW TO BE A LEADER NOT A FOLLOWER. YES, SIR. I DON'T WANT YOU AROUND THAT CROWD. YES, SIR. DIDN'T GO TO CLASS, YOU HAD TO RUN 15 LAPS IN THE MORNING. VERY TOUGH. TOUGH LOVE PROPELLED ME TO GREATNESS. >> YOU ARE IN RETIREMENT NOW, YOU DON'T MISS THE GAME, DO YOU? >> NEVER. NOT AT ALL. >> TELL ME WHY. >> WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN, IT IS YOUR TURN. WHEN IT IS NOT YOUR TURN, IT'S NOT YOUR TURN. LUCKILY, I CAME IN WITH ALL OF THE OLD STARS GOING OUT AND IT WAS MY TURN FOR A WHILE. AND YOU KNOW, GOT TEAMED UP WITH KOBE, AND IT WAS OUR TURN FOR A WHILE. AND SPLIT UP AND IT WAS STILL MY TURN. AND FOR ME RIGHT HERE, AND THE OTHER GUYS GROWING UP. I PLAYED 19 YEARS BUT I HAD A STRONG 15 YEARS, WHERE IT WAS SHAQ, SHAQ. AND I KNEW THAT ONE DAY FATHER TIME WAS GOING TO SAY, TIME FOR YOU TO SIT DOWN AND RELAX. >> SURELY YOU EXPECTED THAT GIVEN A CAREER YOU HAD IN THE NBA, THAT IT WILL BE A CINCH THAT YOU WOULD BE INDUCTED IN THE HALL OF FAME. >> I EXPECTED IT NOT BECAUSE I WAS A GREAT PLAYER. I EXPECTED IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING MY MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE TAUGHT ME HAS COME TRUE. YOU DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW HIM, HE IS GETTING THAT LITTLE $100. YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND YOU GET A EDUCATION AND YOU HAVE 100,000. EVERYTHING THEY TOLD ME HAS COME TRUE. I WISH MY FATHER WAS STILL HERE TO SHARE MY MOMENT WITH HIM. THERE WERE SOMETIMES I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT MYSELF. I'M GOOD, BUT I'M NOT THAT GOOD. THAT MICHAEL JORDAN, OH, I WOULD NEVER GET TO THAT LEVEL. THEN MY TURN. AND EVERY TIME I STUCK TO MY, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD GUNS, BUT EVERY TIME I STUCK TO MY PRINCIPLES, I WAS NEVER LET DOWN. PEOPLE COME AND THEY SEE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY SEE RISK AND WON'T MAKE THE INVESTMENTS, WON'T GIVE IT THE TIME OF DAY. WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT THEY DON'T SEE? >> I SEE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I SEE RELATIVES. I SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE IT. I SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO SAVE T THE LITTLE RIFFRAFF THAT ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING CAN BE CONTROLLED. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OUR JOBS TO KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL. AND I AM INVESTING A LOT AND URGE EVERYONE TO COME AND BUILD IN IT. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. >> YOU CAN CARE ABOUT ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD. >> IF I WANT TO KEEP MY SHARPNESS, I HAVE GOT TO COME BACK HOME AND GET MY PARTS REPLACED, PERIOD. THAT'S WHY. THEY DON'T BUILD THIS SECTION ANYWHERE ELSE. >> YOU DID SAY SEXINESS, RIGHT?
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