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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
Michael
Chicago
Grew
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Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.
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It's always a dream to be on the cover, it's one of the things an athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick.
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Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.
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I'm just a kid in a candy store right now, trying to have fun. I'm getting a chance to show my ability and my talent.
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When I'm designing I try to think about what I like to see on other people.
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My priority as a father should always remain first. My kids look to me as their example. Every decision I make and everything that I do always has to come back to the question, Does this make me a better father? Will my kids benefit from this? It's no longer just about me…but about my kids. My perspective in life has changed.
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My life is bigger than basketball.
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Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year.
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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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You've got to respect the game and you've got to respect what the people that have played have done for the game.
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When people see you on the screen, you become bigger than life.
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Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.
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If someone wears something you like, you make comments on it. And if someone wears something we don't like, we make comments on it, too. That's just what guys do, what teammates do. Besides that, we don't really compete in that space.
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A Tom Ford three-piece makes you feel so confident, it's bananas.
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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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I'm always telling my kids to be themselves and let their personalities show in other ways than with their mouths.
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My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth.
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Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility
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I like playing against LeBron more than anybody else in the league. He brings out the best in me, and I bring out the best in him.
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