Shaquille O’Neal is known for his many business ventures and his legendary play as a Hall of Famer, but he also fancies himself a ladies’ man. According to Shaq, he once had the opportunity to potentially have a romantic affair with actress Sharon Stone.

Speaking on the 200th episode of his podcast, The Big Podcast With Shaq, O’Neal discussed not only a lot from his past life as an NBA player, but some of the romantic situations he could have found himself in. One situation involved Sharon Stone, and saw O’Neal scrambling to look nice for the actress only to have totally misread the situation.

“Sharon Stone…I thought I was going to get lucky. I went to Neiman Marcus, got some special cologne, had my shirt open, did some push ups so my arms would be tight,” Shaq said. “No underwear, free-ball that night, and she’s just like ‘I want to talk to you…I need a donation for $20 million.”

Of course, the situation is one that O’Neal can look back on and laugh, and he did so in the podcast. Stone initially rose to fame in the thriller Basic Instinct, so it isn’t entirely impossible for O’Neal to think that she was interested in him, as that was around the same time that he was dominating the NBA. After starring in Basic Instinct, Stone has been a household name. She’s been nominated for an Academy Award, and has taken home a Golden Globe, Emmy, and a variety of other awards throughout her long career.