Dwyane Wade writes book

Dwyane Wade is one of those guys that you like but... I think he is pretty cool guy. I enjoyed his article with Gabrielle in Essence. He seems wise beyond his years and very settled into his world. We could only hope that many of our other entertainers, athletes and regular folk would recognize their priorities once they have children. Good luck Mr. Wade!!!

MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is becoming an author.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday plans to release "A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball" in September. The book talks in part about Wade's struggles growing up in Chicago and how he's incorporating some of the lessons he learned into raising his own family.

"For me, it was therapeutic to do this," Wade told The Associated Press.

Wade was awarded sole custody of his two sons in March 2011 after a long court battle with his ex-wife, who remains in the boys' lives. The 2006 NBA Finals MVP and eight-time All-Star said he hopes the book will show fans a side of him that they have yet to see.

"I don't have to share it with people," Wade said. "But I felt there was a need. So many people came up to me in this process, so many fathers, so many men came up to me to congratulate me and to ask me how, how I did it and why I believed I could do it."

Although the book is about fatherhood, Wade said it also features much of his own childhood. Wade spent much of this past offseason working on the book, which he said will include some story lines that even people close to him do not know.

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