Jermaine O’Neal: “Man, growing up in Columbia was a little bit different. For me, it wasn’t necessarily about the city, because the hood really did the job with me. I was trying to find my way—I never really felt whole as a young man, because I didn’t meet my dad until I was 30 years old. That was 13 years into the NBA. So I was trying to find acceptance across the board. When you’re looking for that kind of acceptance, you deal with that every day. There are a lot of different routes you could take—really should be around 100%.” -via YouTube / May 30, 2025
