when you were at lsu, before you got there, you had said girls wouldn't even look at you. - that changed. - wouldn't even look at me. it changed when i got on the cover of "sports illustrated." - oh, that was it? - yeah, when i got on the cover of "sports illustrated," i walked through the quad and girls that would never even look at me, they're, "hi, shaquille. hi, big daddy. hey, diesel." my mother would always tell me, "watch out for those women. watch out for those women." what did she mean by that? her thing was make sure that a woman loves you for yourself. i was like, "i'm not interested." yeah, but, women, when you were single and in your 20s, early 20s, they were throwing themselves at you. shaq: they were. announcer: now the lob to o'neal. slam dunk! alley-oop. levin: how does being a basketball star affect your view of women when all you see is women throwing themselves at you? it doesn't. i respect women. women sometimes get the bad rap, but it didn't change my view.