Dwyane Wade
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Oh, man. I think Shaq tells a lot of stories now, so it was really cool to be able to get behind the scenes. But watching him trying to get around those, like he'll put baby oil on his whole body, right? He'll come in just oiled up. I don't even know. This is the wrong temperature in the world to use baby oil.
Shaq would come in so you could not like grab the fat like it was too slim right so you couldn't like just grab it all right like the pinchers the skin calipers yeah you'll see guys in like uh like Antoine walking the guys would be in the state now I'm young so I didn't have these issues at that time I didn't know I didn't understand it but now once I got older I did but you see the veteran guys finding all these ways around the weight and body fat guys would be in the steam room right before they got to do the weight and body fat
Shaq would come in so you could not like grab the fat like it was too slim right so you couldn't like just grab it all right like the pinchers the skin calipers yeah you'll see guys in like uh like Antoine walking the guys would be in the state now I'm young so I didn't have these issues at that time I didn't know I didn't understand it but now once I got older I did but you see the veteran guys finding all these ways around the weight and body fat guys would be in the steam room right before they got to do the weight and body fat
Shaq would come in so you could not like grab the fat like it was too slim right so you couldn't like just grab it all right like the pinchers the skin calipers yeah you'll see guys in like uh like Antoine walking the guys would be in the state now I'm young so I didn't have these issues at that time I didn't know I didn't understand it but now once I got older I did but you see the veteran guys finding all these ways around the weight and body fat guys would be in the steam room right before they got to do the weight and body fat
doing all these things. But yeah, I've saw guys get suspended for games because they did not make weight and body fat. Pat didn't play those games at all. That's crazy.
doing all these things. But yeah, I've saw guys get suspended for games because they did not make weight and body fat. Pat didn't play those games at all. That's crazy.
doing all these things. But yeah, I've saw guys get suspended for games because they did not make weight and body fat. Pat didn't play those games at all. That's crazy.
It wasn't every day. It was like once a week. It was once a week you'd come in, you had to get weight and body fat. So if you build a good relationship with Bill Ferran, who was our strength and conditioning coach, you'd be like, yo, Bill, get me on Wednesday. Yeah. Let me... Let me get myself tight for a couple days. But it was something serious.
It wasn't every day. It was like once a week. It was once a week you'd come in, you had to get weight and body fat. So if you build a good relationship with Bill Ferran, who was our strength and conditioning coach, you'd be like, yo, Bill, get me on Wednesday. Yeah. Let me... Let me get myself tight for a couple days. But it was something serious.
It wasn't every day. It was like once a week. It was once a week you'd come in, you had to get weight and body fat. So if you build a good relationship with Bill Ferran, who was our strength and conditioning coach, you'd be like, yo, Bill, get me on Wednesday. Yeah. Let me... Let me get myself tight for a couple days. But it was something serious.
And I think, you know, Pat just have these pillars, you know, that the organization, you know, lives by. And you guys probably have heard it, best condition, most professional, hardest work, all these things. And this is a part of it. And he felt that if you were at a certain body fat, he had it for guards, you know, and forwards and centers, that you were in –
And I think, you know, Pat just have these pillars, you know, that the organization, you know, lives by. And you guys probably have heard it, best condition, most professional, hardest work, all these things. And this is a part of it. And he felt that if you were at a certain body fat, he had it for guards, you know, and forwards and centers, that you were in –
And I think, you know, Pat just have these pillars, you know, that the organization, you know, lives by. And you guys probably have heard it, best condition, most professional, hardest work, all these things. And this is a part of it. And he felt that if you were at a certain body fat, he had it for guards, you know, and forwards and centers, that you were in –
great shape and if you're in great shape then you can give me your best on the court right and i you know i don't think i believed early on until it was times where i was not at that body fat space and i wasn't in great shape and you feel it in moments on the court you feel it in no moment you can't make that extra effort fourth quarter you're a little bit you know you're a little bit more tired and so it was a method to the madness but i think as players you're like nah just give me the ball i can hoop i'm a hooper just let me play
great shape and if you're in great shape then you can give me your best on the court right and i you know i don't think i believed early on until it was times where i was not at that body fat space and i wasn't in great shape and you feel it in moments on the court you feel it in no moment you can't make that extra effort fourth quarter you're a little bit you know you're a little bit more tired and so it was a method to the madness but i think as players you're like nah just give me the ball i can hoop i'm a hooper just let me play
great shape and if you're in great shape then you can give me your best on the court right and i you know i don't think i believed early on until it was times where i was not at that body fat space and i wasn't in great shape and you feel it in moments on the court you feel it in no moment you can't make that extra effort fourth quarter you're a little bit you know you're a little bit more tired and so it was a method to the madness but i think as players you're like nah just give me the ball i can hoop i'm a hooper just let me play
I did not say it was the cookies that was the final straw.
I did not say it was the cookies that was the final straw.
I did not say it was the cookies that was the final straw.
Everybody took that from it.