NBA Legend Shaq Told ‘Brilliant’ Oldest Son To Pick Out Any Car — He Chose A Mer

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NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal may have a net worth estimated at roughly $500 million, but that doesn't mean his kids get treated like they're worth the same.

Speaking during an appearance on "Live with Kelly and Mark" in 2018, O'Neal was asked whether children who grow up wealthy are less inclined to work.

"There's a motto in my house," O'Neal said. "You have to have two degrees to touch some of my cheese."

The audience laughed, but O'Neal said he wants his children to have opportunities he didn't have growing up while still earning their own success.

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"I have three sons and three daughters, and I want to make it easy for them," O'Neal said. "I want them to be better than me. I want them to be more educated than me, so they must work."

"My oldest son, brilliant," O'Neal said. "I'm proud of you

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