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NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the richest retired athletes ever. Over the years, he has made some smart business decisions and built a business empire. As per reports, O’Neal has a net worth of over $400 million. Even after retiring from the game of basketball, he still earns an estimated $60 million per year. The ‘Big Diesel’ is also one of the most liked players ever and he loves his fans as well. Especially younger fans. Shaq loves children and tries to put a smile on their faces all the time.

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The Los Angeles Lakers legend is a father of six children. He recently admitted he wants more children. Shaq was in attendance for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the toy brand Tonka. As a part of the celebration, the brand distributed free toy trucks to children in New York. And O’Neal handed the trucks to some lucky kids.

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The four-time champion admitted seeing the smile on the children’s faces made him want more kids. Recently, Shaq disclosed coming home to his six little children was the happiest part of his life.

Shaquille O’Neal wants to buy a daycare and help the kids

Shaquille O’Neal recently gave an online interview to Grant Cardone. During the interview, Shaq answered questions about a variety of things including his businesses, investments, his life, etc. In one instance, the interviewer wanted to know whether O’Neal would opt to start a new business or buy a business. The former MVP stated he would most probably buy a business instead of starting it. Shaq added if he had the money, he would buy the business and make it better. He then talked about buying a daycare that is close to his home.

“For example, there is a daycare around the corner. I wanna buy it so bad,” O’Neal said.

Shaq continued, “And I want to get this daycare and make it sort of like a luxury daycare. Because I’m looking at the kids, the park is okay but I wanna give them the amusement park feel. I wanna add another building, I wanna build a swimming pool, I wanna build a baseball thing.”

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O’Neal added that he might show up to the daycare someday and ask for the price. He admitted that he loves kids, and he wants the kids at the daycare to have all the facilities.

Do you think Shaquille O’Neal is the most generous and kind athletes ever? Let us know in the comments.

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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