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Pride and Prejudice
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Position: Guard
Birthdate: January 17, 1982
Hometown: Oak Lawn, Illinois
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 212 lbs.
College: Marquette (2003)

Favorite Classic:
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen

"I've read Pride and Prejudice a couple of times. It's one of my favorite books, which usually surprises people. I guess they wonder how a love story from Regency England could be relevant to a 21st century basketball player from the Southside of Chicago. Class struggle, overcoming stereotypes and humble beginnings, getting out of your own way and letting love take over: these are things I can relate to, definitely. Reading the Classics is like opening a door to a world that at first looks so different from mine, but when I look closer, is filled with people who struggle with the same things I do. And the great thing is, they may be a little farther along in their struggle than I am, so I can actually learn something."—Dwyane Wade

About Dywane
From unheralded draft pick to fast evolving NBA star, Dwyane Wade has experienced a whirlwind career in fewer than two years. Perhaps this might have been expected of a players widely known as "Flash." In his first season (2003-04), the Chicago-area native who also flashed his athletic brilliance for Marquette University, acheived NBA All-Rookie Team status with the Miami Heat. Before he knew it, Dwyane was an Olympian, representing the United States in the 2004 Athens Summer Games. Now he's a major catalyst behind the Heat's current NBA campaign with a teammate and admirer, former L.A. Laker Shaquille O'Neal.

Excerpt from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." (Pg. 21, 4th paragraph)