I promised my parents I’d do it, I promised myself I’d do it. It took eight years. It should have taken six or seven. I had some other engagements.

I promised my parents I'd do it, I promised myself I'd do it. It took eight years. It should have taken six or seven. I had some other engagements.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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