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I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.

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Dwyane Wade
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 17
Basketball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Dwyane Tyrone Wade
Jr.
D-Wade
Flash
WOW (Way of Wade)
Pookie
Father Prime
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Symbolizes
Jordan
Michael
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I realize that you have to be careful sometimes what you wish for.
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The Miami Heat floor is great, but a lot of them are not.
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My will is to always be better and better and better. I've got the will to want to be the best.
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A Tom Ford three-piece makes you feel so confident, it's bananas.
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I'm scared of needles.
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Being a leader is one thing I've never felt comfortable with. It's not my nature.
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Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.
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I've learned great lessons from my parents for things on the court and off. I really look up to them.
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When I got my first check I was thinking my mother and father didn't make this probably in their lifetime. It's real amazing that some of us are just blessed.
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As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.
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I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me. When I was in college, I actually had them change the starting lineup to say 'from Robbins, Illinois' instead of 'Chicago, Illinois.'
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Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.
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For home games, I bring my clothes to the arena. I bring two different outfits that I can pick after the game. Road game, I got to wear what I walk in with.
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Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.
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There is only a relationship between music and sports because all athletes want to be rappers and all rappers want to be athletes.
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Yeah, at first people were talking about me. But now everyone is wearing their clothes more fitted.
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I think the biggest thing I've learned is to not really worry what people will say or think about what you wear. You have to wear what feels good on you, what you feel comfortable in. And I've just learned to not really care.
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The biggest thing, and what I told some of the partners in the summit, was me thanking them for their constant support with everything that I've been through the last couple years on and off the court.
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Yeah, I play a lot of point guard. LeBron plays a lot of point guard. A lot of people are thinking too much on positions.
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Nobody knows that they're going to be Champions - you have to work to get there.
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