Michael Jordan was a fearless individual on the court but he has admitted to being 'somewhat intimidated' once.
But he has opened up about one particular instance where he did feel a little bit frightened and it was when he faced fellow great Shaquille O'Neal.
“Shaq’s the biggest person I’ve ever seen play, in terms of physicality. He was this big, massive guy when I came back from baseball, so I was somewhat intimidated.”There was one instance where Jordan was sent packing by Shaq, knocking him to the deck at quite the impact.But he then, after being helped up, Jordan became aware that Shaq was a friendly giant and the fear factor was eliminated.
"I said, ‘Naw, he didn’t mean it, he’s a nice guy.’ If he’d’ve left and stepped over me, a la the old school, I would’ve been somewhat intimidated. But his heart is too good. He’s not that type of guy."
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