i don't let certain things change my view. i think i'm smart and intelligent enough to know who's who and what they want. in 1992 you made your first million dollars in endorsement for "classic car" magazine, and you blew through it in two days. yeah, i blew through it right away. how'd you do that? one, i had no idea who fica was. that is funny. yeah, so fica took about 400,000. so that leaves me with 600,000. but i thought i had a million, so i always wanted... that is really funny. shaq: i always said to myself, "when i make it, i'm gonna get me a black mercedes benz with a black leather interior. so as soon as i got home, my father was like, "that's nice. where's mine at?" like, 150 minus a million-- i still got 850 left. i could do this. we went down there, bought him one, came back home, my mother-- "where's mine at?" - you bought your mom one, too? - of course. and then i went and bought all the jewelry, and i bought a watch for 70,000,