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A Father First How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is one of the superstars of the NBA—and a Gold Medal winner at the Bejing Olympics—but he’s

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The Jordan Harbinger Show

It was discussed that the book focused on the lessons learned from basketball and how they're applied to parenting. It was mentioned as a memoir and a discussion of his life beyond basketball.

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Either be greater be forgotten only one of those was an option for me.

— Episode: 607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Ba...

Episode: 607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball

It was discussed that the book focused on the lessons learned from basketball and how they're applied to parenting. It was mentioned as a memoir and a discussion of his life beyond basketball.

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Either be greater be forgotten only one of those was an option for me.

Sports is business. It's no separation.

Some of the stories in the book man like finding a dead body in a trash can which was I think a kid about your age you saw some shoes sticking out and thought like oh man I'm going to get those free shoes and then you realize there's like legs attached to the shoes.

I've said it before I've said it a million times I love basketball with all my heart what is given to me is a piece of my soul but I've also worked extremely hard never to let it completely define who I am happiness for me never came from just one source I've gotten the chance to meet so many people from so many walks of life and impact them in ways that didn't always matter if I led the league and scoring or if we finished a top the Eastern conference I'm proud of being Dwayne Wade the three time champion or Olympic gold medalist but I'm not just that I never will be.

My first book was titled the father first and the second title in that book was how my life became bigger than basketball.

Episode: 607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball

It was mentioned as Dwyane's second book and discusses how his life became bigger than basketball, referencing the lessons learned from the basketball court and their lasting impact.

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My first book was titled 'The Father First' and the second title in that book was 'How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball'.

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