Shaq offers advice to Jason Kelce on potential retirement with a warning.

Shaquille O’Neal attends ‘Shaq’s Fun House’ at XS nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on February 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)/ Jason Kelce #62 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on after an NFL wild-card playoff footba …

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Shaquille O’Neal is still one of the most recognizable faces of the NBA even though he’s no longer on the court. Jason Kelce is also a very recognizable face in his own game, as one of the NFL’s best centers to ever play the game.

This offseason, Kelce is once again contemplating if he should play another season in the league, something he’s wrestled for a few years now.

“Shaq,” an NBA Hall of Famer, 15-time All-Star and 14-time All-NBA first-team honoree, hasn’t played in the league since the 2010-11 season with the Boston Celtics. So, he decided to offer some advice for Kelce if he does indeed hang up his pads and cleats for good.

“My advice to you is, if you are going to retire, accept it. Enjoy your family, brother,” O’Neal said on his “The Big Podcast with Shaq” where Kelce was a guest.

O’Neal went a bit deeper into his advice, which comes from his own mistakes that he’s made in his personal life.

“I made a lot of dumb mistakes to where I lost my family and I didn’t have anybody,” he explained. “That’s not the case for you, so enjoy your beautiful wife, enjoy your beautiful kids and never dwell on what we had. What we had is what we got. You got the ring, people know who you are. Enjoy because, again, I was an idiot. And I’ve talked about it a long time.