Dwyane Wade

No, they're tough. Yeah, they're tough. I keep telling people is I was there alone like the whole process, right? It was an incredible process. But from clay to bronze, it's two totally different things. Mm-hmm. It's two totally different statues from clay to bronze. And so in clay, I was like, oh, yeah, this is going to go down in history as one of the greatest statues ever.

In bronze, it looks way different. Everything is hardened. Right. So it's very different in clay. Yeah. than it is in bronze.

In bronze, it looks way different. Everything is hardened. Right. So it's very different in clay. Yeah. than it is in bronze.

In bronze, it looks way different. Everything is hardened. Right. So it's very different in clay. Yeah. than it is in bronze.

It's real intense. Yeah. So it was very strong, like jaw structures. And you know what I mean? And then too, like everyone gets to look up at me with my mouth open and yelling with these strong, like, I trust me, I understand. But in clay, it's soft. It looks a little different. I look a little bit more like me. And then you put it in bronze. And then obviously, and I was trying to educate people.

It's real intense. Yeah. So it was very strong, like jaw structures. And you know what I mean? And then too, like everyone gets to look up at me with my mouth open and yelling with these strong, like, I trust me, I understand. But in clay, it's soft. It looks a little different. I look a little bit more like me. And then you put it in bronze. And then obviously, and I was trying to educate people.

It's real intense. Yeah. So it was very strong, like jaw structures. And you know what I mean? And then too, like everyone gets to look up at me with my mouth open and yelling with these strong, like, I trust me, I understand. But in clay, it's soft. It looks a little different. I look a little bit more like me. And then you put it in bronze. And then obviously, and I was trying to educate people.

I said, also, you put it in bronze and it has to stand strong in Miami forever. That is an extra dip in bronze. That is an extra this, extra that. It's even harder. It's even darker. And so I think that my first reaction, once I got to reaction was, damn, it's darker than I thought it was going to be. Because every statue has different complexions of bronze complexion.

I said, also, you put it in bronze and it has to stand strong in Miami forever. That is an extra dip in bronze. That is an extra this, extra that. It's even harder. It's even darker. And so I think that my first reaction, once I got to reaction was, damn, it's darker than I thought it was going to be. Because every statue has different complexions of bronze complexion.

I said, also, you put it in bronze and it has to stand strong in Miami forever. That is an extra dip in bronze. That is an extra this, extra that. It's even harder. It's even darker. And so I think that my first reaction, once I got to reaction was, damn, it's darker than I thought it was going to be. Because every statue has different complexions of bronze complexion.

But because mine needs to weather the storm, Mine had to be a little bit more. It had to get a little bit more care on it in a sense. And so it was definitely darker than I wanted it to be. But like the expression that I wanted it to have, it had the expression. It just hit a little, my cheekbones a little stronger.

But because mine needs to weather the storm, Mine had to be a little bit more. It had to get a little bit more care on it in a sense. And so it was definitely darker than I wanted it to be. But like the expression that I wanted it to have, it had the expression. It just hit a little, my cheekbones a little stronger.

But because mine needs to weather the storm, Mine had to be a little bit more. It had to get a little bit more care on it in a sense. And so it was definitely darker than I wanted it to be. But like the expression that I wanted it to have, it had the expression. It just hit a little, my cheekbones a little stronger.

Yeah. I mean, you could put everybody that plays sports in one room to have a statue. Yeah. You can't fill this room up. No. So it's an elite class. Yeah. And listen, I think as long as people are making bronze statues, it's going to be hard to capture it to look the way that everybody's going to want it to look. Someone is going to figure it out where it's going to look exact one day.

Yeah. I mean, you could put everybody that plays sports in one room to have a statue. Yeah. You can't fill this room up. No. So it's an elite class. Yeah. And listen, I think as long as people are making bronze statues, it's going to be hard to capture it to look the way that everybody's going to want it to look. Someone is going to figure it out where it's going to look exact one day.

Yeah. I mean, you could put everybody that plays sports in one room to have a statue. Yeah. You can't fill this room up. No. So it's an elite class. Yeah. And listen, I think as long as people are making bronze statues, it's going to be hard to capture it to look the way that everybody's going to want it to look. Someone is going to figure it out where it's going to look exact one day.

But it is a really tough process. And it didn't hurt me that everyone was talking jokes. I just, the people who worked so hard on it, man. The families. That to me, I was just like, but also too, once you put your work out there, it's open for interpretation, for people to say what they wanted to say. And people said a lot that they wanted to say. But ultimately,

But it is a really tough process. And it didn't hurt me that everyone was talking jokes. I just, the people who worked so hard on it, man. The families. That to me, I was just like, but also too, once you put your work out there, it's open for interpretation, for people to say what they wanted to say. And people said a lot that they wanted to say. But ultimately,

But it is a really tough process. And it didn't hurt me that everyone was talking jokes. I just, the people who worked so hard on it, man. The families. That to me, I was just like, but also too, once you put your work out there, it's open for interpretation, for people to say what they wanted to say. And people said a lot that they wanted to say. But ultimately,

What I wanted, and it's still happening, I still get at it every day of a family, a kid, an individual, they go and they take a photo at the statue. I was actually there one night. Here's the story about it. I was there one night when I was in Miami, late night, to go see the statue for myself away from everyone, just me and my crew.