Shaquille O'Neal has warned Jason Kelce about making 'dumba** mistakes' amid expectations the NFL icon is set to retire.
Kelce's future in the sport is currently shrouded in uncertainty, with his team-mates expecting the 36-year-old to walk away.
O'Neal knows all about how difficult retirement could be, having quit basketball back in 2011.
And the 51-year-old has now opened up, warning Kelce about making 'dumba** mistakes', having 'lost his family' due to poor judgement.
Shaquille O'Neal has fired a stern warning to Jason Kelce amid expectations the NFL icon will retire
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"If you are going to retire, accept it," he told The Big Podcast.
"Enjoy your family brother. I made a lot of dumba** mistakes to where I lost my family and I didn't have anybody. That's not the case for you.
"So enjoy your beautiful wife, enjoy your beautiful kids, and never dwell on what we had.
"You got the [Super Bowl] ring, people know who you are, enjoy it.
"Because again, I was an idiot. I lost my whole family [and] I'm in a 100,000 square foot house by myself."
O'Neal has four children with his ex-wife, Shaunie O'Neal.
The pair started dating in the late 1990s after the basketball icon joined the Los Angeles Lakers before marrying in 2002.
However, they divorced in 2010 - with O'Neal previously saying he had once had the 'perfect situation.'
"I had the perfect situation," he said in 2022.
"My wife was finer than a mug, kept giving me babies, still finer than a mug."
And O'Neal added: "Seventy-six thousand square foot house by yourself, lost. No kids, go to the gym, nobody's playing in the gym. Go to their room, nobody's there.
"I was just being greedy.
"You know when you get older, you try to think about the mistakes that you made that could have been avoided.
"Divorce is definitely one of them."
After the pair divorced 14 years ago, Shaunie sought sole custody of their four children.
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Shaquille O'Neal regrets his divorce from Shaunie O'Neal after admitting to being an 'idiot'
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And O'Neal said it was devastating to come home to an empty house instead of hearing 'five or six different voices'.
"The best feeling for me was coming home and hearing five, six different voices," he admitted.
"Don't matter if I missed 15 free throws and we lost, they don't care about that.
"We used to play something called 'dog man' as soon as I come home, I turn into a wild dog and I chase them."
Meanwhile, Philadelphia Eagles star Jordan Mailata has opened up on Kelce and potential retirement.
Jason Kelce isn't expected to return to NFL after recently watching his brother win the Super Bowl
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And he feels there's no chance of the 36-year-old returning to action.
"There's no shot," he said when quizzed on a potential return to action for Kelce.
"You're telling me he's going shirts off in the games, gambling in the casinos, he's coming back? No way.
"He's having too much fun. He's out there living his life.
"And I'm going to miss him for sure, man. This has been the greatest six years of my life for sure, being here in the NFL and getting to meet people like Jason Kelce."
