A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball (51 page)

And to Gabrielle Union—thank you for your love and support when I need it most, for your smile that brightens my world, and for your strength.

My final acknowledgements are to Zaire, Zion, and Dahveon. I love you more than words can ever say and I am so proud of each of you. Thank you for helping me become the man I am today.

About the Author

DWYANE WADE
is a guard for the Miami Heat whose Wade’s World Foundation has contributed millions of dollars to benefit children and families across America. President Obama recently appointed him to help lead a program geared toward encouraging fathers to become more involved in their children’s lives. He lives in Miami, Florida.

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Credits

Cover design by Mary Schuck

Cover photograph by Dania Graibe

Copyright

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FATHER
FIRST
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wade, Dwyane, 1982–

    A father first : how my life became bigger than basketball / by Dwyane Wade. — 1st ed.

      p. cm.

    ISBN 978-0-06-213615-2 (hardback) 1. Wade, Dwyane, 1982– 2. Basketball players—United States—Biography. 3. Fatherhood—United States. 4. Fathers and sons—United States. I. Title.

    GV884.W23W34 2012

    796.323092—dc23

    [B]
2012020583

Epub Edition © SEPTEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062136183

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