Here's What Dwyane Wade's Dad Taught Him About Style

Like father, like son.
Dwyane Wade, Sr., and Dwyane Wade, Jr. at the ProPops Foundation 10th Anniversary fundraiser on March 16.
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Dwyane Wade, Sr., and Dwyane Wade, Jr. at the ProPops Foundation 10th Anniversary fundraiser on March 16.

In addition to being a three-time NBA champion and all-star MVP, Dwyane Wade is one of the most stylish basketball players in the NBA. And he says he gets that from his dad, Dwayne Sr.

In a recent interview, Wade told The Huffington Post:

Being a kid, and watching your dad go to work every day -- my dad used to deliver boxes around downtown, so he used to drive this delivery van. But every Friday my dad would dress up, and I would have to be the one who’d get up and iron his clothes. So I ironed his clothes and he would dress up wearing his suits. And I was wondering, like no one ever really sees him. He’s just driving around. But when he walked into the place that he worked, he wanted to be looked at and respected in a certain way. For me, that’s what I looked at. As a businessman, that's how you go to work if you want to be respected. So my first introduction to anything style-wise was to watch my dad on Fridays dress up to go to work to drive a van around downtown to deliver boxes.

Ten years ago, Dwyane Sr. founded the nonprofit ProPops Foundation, whose mission to "empower fathers to be pillars within their children's lives."

And he passed on the importance of fatherhood to Dwyane, Jr. The NBA star, a father to two sons and a nephew, is on President Obama’s fatherhood task force.

Join us in wishing them both a Happy Father's Day!

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