>>> TONIGHT ON "METROFOCUS," ON
MONDAY THE FIGHT TO PROTECT
>>> IN THE WORLD OF BASKETBALL,
FEW PLAYERS HAVE BEEN MORE
CELEBRATED OR MORE EXCITING TO
WATCH THAN SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.
HE'S ATTRIBUTED MUCH OF HIS
SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE COURT TO
THE SUPPORT AND VALUES INSTILLED
AT HIM AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB.
OVER THE YEARS SHAQ HAS BEEN AN
AVID SPOKESPERSON AND FUNDRAISER
FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND
RECENTLY A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO
THE NEW VISION AND DENTAL CENTER
PROVIDING FREE CARE TO
LOW-INCOME CHILDREN.
IN A CONVERSATION THAT WAS PART
OF AMERICAN GRADUATE, A PROJECT
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION
FOR PUB BROADCASTING TO HELP
COMMUNITY FIND WAYS TO KEEP
STUDENTS ON THE PATH TO
GRADUATION, WE RECENTLY ASKED
O'NEAL WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE A
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WHEN HE WAS
YOUNG.
>> THIS IS THE PLACE IT ALL
STARTED.
BOTH PARENTS HAD JOBS.
COULDN'T AFFORD BABY-SITTERS.
THANKFULLY I LIVED RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET, THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT
THERE.
I WAS INSTRUCTED TO, AFTER
SCHOOL, COME HERE AND WAIT UNTIL
ONE OF US CAN GET YOU.
A LADY BY THE NAME OF MS. BANKS,
SHE'S STILL HERE, SHE'S LIKE
EVERYBODY'S AUNT, EVERYBODY'S
MOM, EVERYBODY'S GRAN MOM.
SHE IS THE ONE WHO MADE SURE
THAT THE KIDS WENT IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
HERS ARE VERY SIMPLE.
LET ME SEE YOUR HOME WORK FIRST.
EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO AFTER WE SHOW HER THE HOME
WORK, WE GET TO COME UP HERE AND
PLAY.
THIS WAS MY SAFE HAVEN BUT ALSO
A PLACE I COULD CULTIVATE MY
DREAMS.
>> YOU LEARNED A LOT HERE ABOUT
YOURSELF.
>> THE FIRST THING I LEARNED IS
HOW TO TURN CRITICISM INTO
MOTIVATION.
I WAS COMING OVER HERE, 9, 10
YEARS OLD.
BIGGER THAN EVERYBODY.
WHEN YOU'RE BIGGER THAN
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY EXPECTS YOU
TO BE MICHAEL JORDAN ALREADY.
TERRIBLE.
COULDN'T DRIBBLE, COULDN'T PLAY,
COULDN'T DUNK BUT I ALWAYS MAD
THE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION.
>> IF YOU WERE NOT HERE AND THIS
CLUB WERE NOT HERE, WHERE WOULD
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL HAVE BEEN?
>> I WAS ALREADY A LOW LEVEL
JUVENILE DELINQUENT WITHIN
MISCHIEVOUS, GETTING INTO
TROUBLE.
WHERE WOULD I BE?
I THINK ABOUT IT ALL OF THE
TIME.
I HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY OF
HOW TO BECOME A LEADER, NOT A
FOLLOWER.
I OWE THIS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
OF AMERICA.
THAT'S WHY I KEEP COMING BACK.
IF THERE WASN'T THIS PLACE,
THERE WOULDN'T BE A SHAQUILLE
O'NEAL OR A BRAND.
>> AND THERE'S MORE HERE NOW
THAN WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS.
WE RAISED MONEY AND HELPED BUILD
WHAT THEY HAVE IN THERE NOW.
THIS IS AWESOME.
>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
IN A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THE
KIDS NEVER GET TO GO TO THE
DENTIST, GET THEIR EYES
EXAMINED.
IN THIS CASE SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT MIGHT CROP UP LATER IN LIFE
CAN BY ADDRESSED.
WHAT'S IT LIKE PUTTING A NEW
PAIR OF GLASSES ON A CHILD.
>> IT'S BIG.
IF YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU CAN'T
READ.
AND YEARS AFTER THAT IT ADDS TO
ILLITERACY.
SO WE GET THEM IN THERE, GET
THEM TESTED.
I TELL THEM, DON'T WORRY ABOUT
I, PICK OUT A PAIR.
AND WE ASSOCIATE READING WITH
COMIC BOOKS AND OTHER FUN BOOKS
TO BRING UP THEIR COMPREHENSION
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR THE
YOUNGSTERS.
WHEN I GOT TOGETHER WITH DR. CAR
BENY AND ALL OF THE FRIENDS,
SAID HEY, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE IT
FREE.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
PEOPLE CALL GIVING BACK.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO
DO.
SUPPOSED TO DO IT BECAUSE MY
MOTHER TOLD ME TO.
YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND FIX THAT
PLACE UP.
GO TO NEWARK AND FIX NEWARK UP.
SEE A FAMILY WITHOUT A HOUSE,
HANDLE THAT.
SOME PEOPLE MAY CALL IT GIVING
BACK BUT I'M TAKING ORDERS FROM
THE PERSON WHO RAISED ME,
LUCILLE O'NEAL HARRIS.
>> AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT
PROMISE.
>> ANY MAN WHO DOESN'T KEEP A
PROGRAMS TO A MAN IS NOT A REAL
MAN.
ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIS MOM
IS NOT A REAL MAN.
MY MOM WORKED HARD FOR ME AND I
WORK HARD FOR HER BECAUSE I
APPRECIATED THAT.
THE THING ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP
IS HER MOTHER TOLD HER WHEN I
WAS BORN, THIS ONE IS SPECIAL.
WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO
BE WORLD KNOWN.
ONE YEARS OLD, MY GRANDMOTHER
TOLD MY MOTHER, THIS ONE,
EVERYONE IS GOING TO KNOW THIS
GUY'S NAME.
I'M BLESSED BY MY MOM, FAMILY,
GOD.
I'M JUST DOING WHAT I'M TOLD.
>> AS I LISTEN TO YOU TELL YOUR
STORY ABOUT THIS CLUB AND WHAT
YOU LEARNED HERE, YOU KNEW THEM
WHEN YOU WERE A KID, DESPITE THE
MINOR JUVENILE DELINKCY OTHER
TROUBLES YOU HAD, YOU KNEW YOU
WERE SPECIAL.
>> I KNEW I WAS SPECIAL BUT I
DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TO
MAKE IT.
YOU HAVE 50% OF PEOPLE TELLING
YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THIS,
ANOTHER 50 TELLING YOU'RE NOT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO THE ACTION AND YOU'RE NOT AS
GOOD, YOU LEAN TO THE WELL,
MAYBE I'M NOT GOING TO GO PRO.
MAYBE I'M NOT GOING TO GET A
SCHOLARSHIP.
MY MOTHER AND FATHER TAUGHT ME
NEVER TO G GIVE UP.
I COULD BE UP HERE AND DOING
HOME WORK AND I COULDN'T GIVE IT
RIGHT, MS. BANKS WOULDN'T GIVE
ME THE ANSWERS.
SIX TIMES FIVE IS -- COME ON,
BABY, USE YOUR FINGERS.
6 X 5 IS 30.
THAT'S RIGHT BABY.
GROWING UP IN NEWARK YOU CAN'T
GIVE UP.
YOU CAN NEVER GIVE UP GROWING UP
IN NEWARK.
I'M GLAD I WAS BORN AND RAISED
HERE, AND THE VALUES I WAS
TAUGHT.
>> IN MAKING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT YOU MADE HEREBY, THESE KIDS
KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT
THEM.
>> I THINK THEY KNOW I CARE.
I'M TELLING THEM I'M FROM THE
SAME SITUATION YOU'RE FROM.
I KNOW YOU LOOK AT ME NOW AND
YOU SEE ALL OF THE TOYS.
BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TOYS YOU
GOT GET TO -- YOU GOT TO START
SOMEWHERE.
I'M FROM THE SAME PLACE YOU ARE.
I USED TO EAT ONCE A DAY AND I
USED TO GO CHRISTMASES WITHOUT
GETTING ANY PRESENTS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH.
HOWEVER THIS IS THE BLUEPRINT.
I KNOW IT BECAUSE I WROTE IT.
I'M A DOCTOR.
AL YOU GOOD TO DO IS STUDY AND
THIS IT'S A HELL OF A CHANCE
THAT YOU CAN BECOME AS
SUCCESSFUL OR MORE SUCCESSFUL
THAN ME.
THAT'S IT.
SIMPLE.
BE A LEADER, NOT A FOLLOWER.
NEVER GIVE UP.
FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME WHEN I
WAS YOUNG.
BE A LEADER, DON'T FOLLOW THEM.
I KNOW YOU MISSED TEN SHOTS IN A
ROW, YOU'LL NEVER BE A GOOD
PLAYER, NEVER GIVE UP.
DON'T TALK TO THAT MAN LIKE
THAT, GO OVER THERE AND SAY YES,
SIR AND NO, SIR.
THAT'S ALL I HAD.
I WASN'T A WHIZ KID.
I WASN'T THE GREATEST ATHLETE OR
THE FASTEST GUY BUT THOSE
PRINCIPLES MADE ME WHO I AM
TODAY.
RIGHT HERE, IT'S SIMPLE.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS FOLLOW
THIS.
YOU FOLLOW THESE, YOU CAN GET
OUT.
>> YOU'VE HAD AN IMPORTANT
MENTOR IN YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH, DALE BROWN.
13 YEARS OLD, 6'9", COULDN'T
DUNK OR PLAY, DALE BROWN COMES
TO MY FAR'S AIR FORCE BASE IN
GERMANY.
>> IN GERMANY?
>> IN GERMANY.
MY FATHER SAYS, LET'S GO LISTEN
TO THIS GUY AND MAYBE YOU CAN
GET A SCHOLARSHIP.
I WAS LIKE COACH, 6'9" CAN'T
PLAY, CAN'T DUNK.
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WITH SOME
EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN MY LOWER
EXTREMITIES.
WHEN I WAS ON PUNISHMENT, MY
FATHER MADE ME READ THE
DICTIONARY.
I'M THINKING BIG WORDS, TALK TO
THE COLLEGE COACH AND MAYBE I
CAN GET IN.
HE PUTS HIS HANDS ON ME, HOW
LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE ARMY?
I SAID I'M NOT IN THE ARMY.
I'M 13.
THE THING I LIKE ABOUT DALE
BROWN, HE ALWAYS SENT ME QUOTES,
EXERCISES EVERY WEEK IN GERMANY.
I READ THEM AND THEN I HAD TO
WRITE HIM A PAINFUL LETTER, ALL
THE STUFF YOU SENT ME DIDN'T
WORK.
THANKS FOR THE HELP.
I APPRECIATE YOU.
I'M GOING TO QUIT AND JOIN THE
ARMY LIKE MY DAD.
LOVE YOU.
NEXT LETTER I GET, NO, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO FORGET.
I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON YOUR
EDUCATION.
WHEN YOU GET WALK TO THE STATES
AND GRADUATE, CALL ME.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SCHOLARSHIP.
THAT'S WHEN I WAS 13.
NOBODY KNEW WHO I WAS.
I WAS 13.
HE SAID I'LL GIVE YOU A
SCHOLARSHIP.
PAPERS AND EVERYTHING, FINANCIAL
AID, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
THAT'S WHY I CHOSE TO GO TO LSU.
HE SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT I
DIDN'T SEE IN MYSELF.
BY THE TIME I GOT BACK FROM
GERMANY TO SAN ANTONIO, I WAS
THE NUMBER BUN PLAYER IN HIGH
SCHOOL AT THE TIME.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE THIS GUY
BECAUSE HE HELPED ME.
>> AND WHEN YOU WENT TO LSU.
>> HE TOOK CARE OF ME, THE SAME
PRINCIPLES THAT MY PARENTS HAVE,
YOU KNOW, LIKE I HEARD YOU WERE
OUT WITH SOME GUYS DRINKING THE
OTHER DAY.
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW TO BE A LEADER AND NOT
A FOLLOWER.
YES, SIR.
NEXT TIME WE SEE THAT HAPPEN,
YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T DRINK.
I DON'T WANT YOU AROUND THAT
CROWD.
YES, SIR.
IT WAS VERY VERY TOUGH.
DIDN'T GO TO CLASS, YOU'D HAVE
TO RUN 15 LAPSE IN THE MORNING
BEFORE YOU WENT TO CLASS.
IT WAS VERY VERY TOUGH.
TOUGH LOVE ONLY PROPELLED ME TO
GREATNESS.
>> YOU'RE IN RETIREMENT NOW.
YOU DON'T MISS THE GAME, DO YOU?
>> NEVER.
NO.
NOT AT ALL.
>> TELL ME WHY.
>> WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN, IT'S
YOUR TURN.
WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR TURN, IT'S
NOT YOUR TURN.
I KNEW THAT EVERY SUPERSTAR
ATHLETE HAS A RELATIVELY SMALL
WINDOW TO MAKE A NAME FOR
THEMSELVES.
LUCKILY I CAME IN WHEN ALL OF
THE OLD STARS WERE COMING OUT,
IT WAS MY TURN FOR A WHILE.
GOT TEAMED UP WITH KOBE AND IT
WAS OUR TURN AND WE GOT SPLIT
UP, IT WAS STILL MY TURN AND
OTHER GUYS CAUGHT UP.
I PLAYED 19 YEARS BUT IT WAS A
STRONG 15 YEARS, IT WAS SHAQ
SHAQ SHAQ SHAQ SHAQ.
>> IT SURE WAS.
>> I KNEW ONE DAY FATHER TIME
WAS GOING TO SAY TIME FOR YOU TO
SIT DOWN AND RELAX.
>> SURELY YOU EXPECTED, GIVEN
THE CAREER YOU'VE HAD IN THE NBA
THAT IT WOULD BE A CINCH THAT
YOU WOULD BE INDUCT INTO 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 AND
HE'S GETTING $100.
YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND GETTEN AGE
OCCASION, YOU'LL HAVE 100,000.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, YOU
NEED TO DO THAT.
EVERYTHING THEY'VE TOLD ME HAS
COME TRUE.
I WISH MY FATHER WAS STILL HERE
SO I COULD SHARE THIS MOMENT
WITH HIM.
THERE WERE SOME TIMES I DIDN'T
BELIEVE IN MYSELF.
I'M GOOD BUT NOT THAT GOOD.
THAT'S MICHAEL JORDAN, HE'S --
I'LL NEVER GET TO THAT LEVEL.
AND THEN YOU GOT TO KEEP GOING.
AND THEN BOOM, MIKE IS GONE.
MY TURN, WENT ON THREE IN A ROW.
SO EVERY TIME I'VE STUCK TO
MY -- I DON'T WANT TO USE THE
WORD GUN.
EVERY TIME I'VE STUCK TO MY
PRINCIPLES, I'VE NEVER BEEN LET
DOWN.
>> PEOPLE COME TO NEWARK BUT
NEWARK AND THEY SEE CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODSANCE THEY SEE RISK
AND WON'T MAKE THE INVESTMENT,
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, TRYING TO SAVE IT.
LITTLE RIFFRAFFS, THAT CAN BE
CONTROLLED.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR JOB TO
KEEP NEWARK BEAUTIFUL.
I'M INVESTING A LOT, BUILDING A
LOT.
WE URGE ANYBODY ELSE TO COME AND
BUILD IT.
>> YOU CAN CARE ABOUT ANY PLACE
IN THE WORLD, DO WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO DO.
WHY NEWARK?
I KNOW YOU MADE THE PROMISE --
>> BECAUSE MY MOTHER AND FATHER
CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED SHAQ
AND GOT ALL OF THE PARTS FROM
NEWARK.
CAN'T FIND THE PARTS ANYWHERE
ELSE.
IF I WANT TO KEEP MY SHARPNESS,
I'VE GOT TO COME HOME AND GET
ANY PARTS REPLACED.
PERIOD.
THAT'S WHY.
THEY DON'T BUILD THIS SEXINESS
ANYWHERE ELSE.
THEY BUILD IT RIGHT HERE NP
NEWARK.
>> YOU DID SAY SEXINESS?
>> SEXINESS -- SEXINESS.
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