Shaquille O'Neal Takes Blame For Divorce W/ Shaunie, 'I Know I Messed Up'

In his new book, "Scorpio O' Neal", the basketball player admits that he was to blame for his divorce from his wife, but also acknowledges the loneliness that followed when his family left their home.

The 50-year-old Hall of Famer joined ThePivotPodcast with Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor this week and got real about the breakdown of his relationship.

"I had the perfect situation, I told the guys."

The wife was better than a mug. I had it all, kept giving me babies, still fine than a mug.

The hoops legend and his wife had four children together. They are Shareef, Amirah, Shaqir and Me arah.

The two separated in 2007. However, despite getting back together for some time, she filed for divorce in 2009.

The divorce was finalized in 2011.

He says he was at fault.

I don't make excuses. I know I made a mistake.

He had a lot of time on his hands, and he admits he was lonely.

I was lost. The house is 76,000 square-foot. It was lost.

One of the three big regrets that continues to linger in his mind is his divorce from the star and executive producer of Basketball Wives.

He had strained relationships with Kobe Bryant andPenny Hardaway.

There was a big mistake in the relationship. There was a big mistake in the Kobe relationship.

I was arrogant and dumb, but sometimes you don't want to work at stuff. I have three major regrets.