Dwyane Wade
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I mean, my favorite teammates go back to college, man. Like, you know, I got guys in college that, you know, you won't know their names. They're my favorite teammates. I still talk to them to this day, you know, in our final four run, guys that you will not remember.
I mean, my favorite teammates go back to college, man. Like, you know, I got guys in college that, you know, you won't know their names. They're my favorite teammates. I still talk to them to this day, you know, in our final four run, guys that you will not remember.
I never thought that far ahead. I'm an everyday person. It was just to me, I was always about getting better every day. Now I knew I could compete with anybody because I wasn't afraid of anyone. Once you take away getting dunked on, shooting an air ball and getting crossed over, what else is it? After that, it ain't nothing else embarrassing in the game of basketball.
I never thought that far ahead. I'm an everyday person. It was just to me, I was always about getting better every day. Now I knew I could compete with anybody because I wasn't afraid of anyone. Once you take away getting dunked on, shooting an air ball and getting crossed over, what else is it? After that, it ain't nothing else embarrassing in the game of basketball.
I never thought that far ahead. I'm an everyday person. It was just to me, I was always about getting better every day. Now I knew I could compete with anybody because I wasn't afraid of anyone. Once you take away getting dunked on, shooting an air ball and getting crossed over, what else is it? After that, it ain't nothing else embarrassing in the game of basketball.
Everyone's gonna score on you. So once I was realizing, okay, these are the only things that really people are embarrassed about. All right, well, take that away. Then let's just hoop. And so I was never, it's basketball. I'm not afraid of you. Now you can score on me. Okay. Like my brothers can score on me. My dad can score on me. So like, I just kind of simplified the game of basketball.
Everyone's gonna score on you. So once I was realizing, okay, these are the only things that really people are embarrassed about. All right, well, take that away. Then let's just hoop. And so I was never, it's basketball. I'm not afraid of you. Now you can score on me. Okay. Like my brothers can score on me. My dad can score on me. So like, I just kind of simplified the game of basketball.
Everyone's gonna score on you. So once I was realizing, okay, these are the only things that really people are embarrassed about. All right, well, take that away. Then let's just hoop. And so I was never, it's basketball. I'm not afraid of you. Now you can score on me. Okay. Like my brothers can score on me. My dad can score on me. So like, I just kind of simplified the game of basketball.
So I knew I could compete with anyone. It was just about getting the opportunity for me. And once I got my opportunity, I showed up every time. And that's all.
So I knew I could compete with anyone. It was just about getting the opportunity for me. And once I got my opportunity, I showed up every time. And that's all.
So I knew I could compete with anyone. It was just about getting the opportunity for me. And once I got my opportunity, I showed up every time. And that's all.
No, but I knew I was going to be great. It goes back to I got a high school yearbook quote when I was 17 years old. And they asked me, you know, in 20 years, you know, what would you be? And I said, I'm going to retire as one of the greatest ever played a game of basketball. I said it at 17 and I actually retired at 37 years old. I retired 20 years later. That's pretty cool.
No, but I knew I was going to be great. It goes back to I got a high school yearbook quote when I was 17 years old. And they asked me, you know, in 20 years, you know, what would you be? And I said, I'm going to retire as one of the greatest ever played a game of basketball. I said it at 17 and I actually retired at 37 years old. I retired 20 years later. That's pretty cool.
No, but I knew I was going to be great. It goes back to I got a high school yearbook quote when I was 17 years old. And they asked me, you know, in 20 years, you know, what would you be? And I said, I'm going to retire as one of the greatest ever played a game of basketball. I said it at 17 and I actually retired at 37 years old. I retired 20 years later. That's pretty cool.
That's actually pretty damn cool. Yeah. I retired as one of the greatest to play the game of basketball. Now, whatever number that's.
That's actually pretty damn cool. Yeah. I retired as one of the greatest to play the game of basketball. Now, whatever number that's.
That's actually pretty damn cool. Yeah. I retired as one of the greatest to play the game of basketball. Now, whatever number that's.
But thank you very much. So I did retire as one of the greatest. So at 17 years old, I had the outlook. I just didn't know how I was going to get there. Yeah. But I got there by my work every day. And also to just by the people, man, you really got to you got to find people along this journey. You got to you got to connect to them. You got to hold on tight to the people that's there for you.
But thank you very much. So I did retire as one of the greatest. So at 17 years old, I had the outlook. I just didn't know how I was going to get there. Yeah. But I got there by my work every day. And also to just by the people, man, you really got to you got to find people along this journey. You got to you got to connect to them. You got to hold on tight to the people that's there for you.
But thank you very much. So I did retire as one of the greatest. So at 17 years old, I had the outlook. I just didn't know how I was going to get there. Yeah. But I got there by my work every day. And also to just by the people, man, you really got to you got to find people along this journey. You got to you got to connect to them. You got to hold on tight to the people that's there for you.