.Shaq says this Christmas gift 'changed my life and inspired me to be who I am today.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
While O'Neal, 47, doesn't take any gifts, he believes they have the power to shape a child's future.
"I didn't get a lot of toys growing up with brothers and sisters. I was the oldest one, and my father used to be like, 'I gotta take care of the little ones. I'll get you later,'" he said in ain 2014. "Then one day, when I thought I wasn't getting anything for Christmas, he surprised me with a [signed] Dr. J basketball."
O'Neal has always been open about his admiration for Julius Erving , who retired in 1987 as a 16-time ABA and NBA All-Star — and even called him
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