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A p ril 14, 2010
Shaq’s Mom Inspires Others
Asks young people to be strong
his mother.
"I’m very proud," he said. "She has al­
(AP)--Shaquille O’Neal’s mom has writ­
Lucille O'Neal said the book had been "in ways been the one who I've called the
ten a tell-all book — about herself.
me for years." She was motivated to write remote controller o f my life. A lot o f times
Inspired and motivated by her superstar the book to help inspire others, especially when I'm sitting and not doing anything
son, Lucille O'Neal is promoting, "Walk young, unmarried mothers.
she'll call me and say, 'You know you need
Like You Have Somewhere to Go: From
"I'm encouraging people and I'm telling to go to school. You know you need to get
Mental Welfare to Mental Wealth," a book them in some cases that it's not the end o f your master's (degree). You know I don't
that chronicles her life as an unwed teen your world," she said, sitting courtside as like what you said on TV. You know you
mother, struggles with alcohol and her de­ the Bucks warmed up a few feet away. "I'm need to get your doctorate.'
termination to get a college degree in her just telling people to be strong. A lot o f
"She has always been my role model, her
40s.
people today are visual, they can almost and my father."
With her "little one" Shaquille sitting by look into my life when they read the book
Shaquille said he inherited his mom's
her side, Lucille O'Neal signed copies o f the and say, 'Well, if she got through all o f that, softer qualities.
book recently at Quicken Loans Arena and she's doing as good as she's doing,
"Everything nice that I do is her and
before her son's team, the Cleveland Cava­ then there's hope for me."
everything ferocious that I do is my father,"
liers, hosted the Milwaukee Bucks.
Shaquille beamed when he talked about he said.
Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal
and his mother, Lucille O'Neal, sign copies
o f her book, 'Walk Like You Have Some­
where to Go: From Mental Welfare to Mental
Wealth.' (APphoto)
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