DWYANE WADE

[chuckles]

So yeah.

Lengthy.

[chuckles]

Lengthy.

You become the sole guardian or, like, main custody for-

Yeah

... your two children and your nephew at that time.

Yeah.

How did you navigate raising three young children while being a working dad with such a demanding career that includes so much physical, emotional-

Yeah

... and travel?

Village.

Yeah.

I give all praises, all love to my village.

You know, it allowed for me to step in and play to my strengths.

And but everybody just got together and they knew that, you know, we had to lock arms, we had to be lockstep-

Mm-hmm

... on one voice, one sound, right? But my village, I couldn't get through it.

It's not something that I ever dreamed that I wanted.

It's not a-

Yeah

... a life that I wanted, um, obviously.

But once I went down that path, um, it was the best thing for me at the same time.

It really, my responsibility level went to another level, which helped my leadership go to another level.

[chuckles]

So yeah.

Lengthy.

[chuckles]

Lengthy.

You become the sole guardian or, like, main custody for-

Yeah

... your two children and your nephew at that time.

Yeah.

How did you navigate raising three young children while being a working dad with such a demanding career that includes so much physical, emotional-

Yeah

... and travel?

Village.

Yeah.

I give all praises, all love to my village.

You know, it allowed for me to step in and play to my strengths.

And but everybody just got together and they knew that, you know, we had to lock arms, we had to be lockstep-

Mm-hmm

... on one voice, one sound, right? But my village, I couldn't get through it.

It's not something that I ever dreamed that I wanted.

It's not a-

Yeah

... a life that I wanted, um, obviously.

But once I went down that path, um, it was the best thing for me at the same time.

It really, my responsibility level went to another level, which helped my leadership go to another level.