Shaquille O'Neal on living a regular life
Shaquille O'Neal opened up about why he chooses to live a normal life despite his fame. He explained that he realized early on that he lives two separate lives: a real one and a superstar one. "You can't live that life harder than you live this life," he said. "So, I'm a regular guy." He shared this perspective in an interview, which you can watch here: Original video:
Transcript (en)
You know, I realized earlier that I lived two different lives. There's a real life, and then there's our life, the superstar life. You can't live that life harder than you live this life. Right. So I'm a regular guy. Hello, sir. Hello, man. Like, you always have to have that. Yeah, some balance. Yeah, a lot of people in our business are, oh, like, they live that. It doesn't look good. It's not enviable. Like, they're not living a real life. Yeah, but they don't know that. They don't have real relationships. They don't know that until tragedy comes. Yeah. And I've always been a student. I'm like, not going to do that, not going to do that. And then, never want to disappoint my mother.
