Shaquille O'Neill has achieved unfathomable levels of success that only a few can reach.

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Shaq came from a humble background. But that didn't stop the 4X NBA champion from pursuing his childhood dreams.

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In his autobiography, Shaq reveals how one of his aunts saved him from drug dealers.

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Shaq wrote: "If my grandmother or my aunt Viv or my mother saw drug dealers walking around our apartment they would come out

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and asked them to keep walking together. He warned them that it would be better not to mess with their Sean."

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Shaq continued: "Once, when one of those shady people started talking to me, my Aunt Viv came out the door and started punching.

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"You leave her alone!!" He said with fists on the man's back. "That guy is going to be the ballplayer!!"

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O'Neill has often spoken about how he was 'surrounded mostly by women', and how those women have made him the person he is today.

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Actually, The Big Diesel was very lucky that he was safe and never got involved in any wrongdoing. Today millions of people aspire to be successful like Shaq. Stories More Michael

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