Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is addressing one of the league's most enduring rumors: that players have women waiting for them in every city they visit.

In a recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, O'Neal, 53, denied the claim, calling it a "myth." "I've been in a lot of lobbies, I didn't see anybody," the four-time NBA champion said. "So, I remember I was coming in, they did this Esquire article about how the girls would be waiting out. So, I was looking for that. Never happened. Never happened."

O'Neal then explained the "tiger lifestyle" and why NBA players have a hard time making romantic relationships work after their competitive careers end. "When you live a certain lifestyle, and then it all shuts down, you only know what you know," O'Neal said. "So, if you don't know the rules of commitment, it'll never work, and then, you know, us being not committed, everything is an excuse."

O'Neal, who has been open about his past infidelity in his marriage to Shaunie Henderson, continued, "Once I say, 'You're my girlfriend,' do your job as a man. Everything else is an excuse...Once I say I commit to you, I'm supposed to do that as a man. I didn't do that. That's why all s--- has always failed."

He went on to say that athletes who formerly lived "a tiger lifestyle" can't be tamed. "If you live a tiger lifestyle and then you try to become a tame tiger, it ain't going to work. It's not going to work."

O'Neal's comments come after he previously admitted to cheating on his ex-wife Shaunie over the course of their relationship, which began in the late 1990s and ultimately ended in 2009 when Henderson filed for separation.

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