Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning teamed together to help the Miami Heat win a championship in 2006.
Now, they are on the same team again. The two are helping refurbish a basketball at the Overtown Youth Center in Miami as part of a $20-million project that also includes adding a charter school. A story in USA Today detailed their efforts.
Here's what each had to say:
Mourning: “I was given the greatest gift to be able to live, and I was able to come back and play again, and able to live a productive life by somebody giving me a part of their body. I was blessed to the fullest. We want to live this life with purpose, and that purpose is helping somebody else get ahead.”
O'Neal: “A lot of big-time people, especially on the gram [Instagram], flashing what they got. Take care of the kids in your area. If we had the ability to take care of kids in 50 states, we’d do it. So, this will be a start.”
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