Congratulations to Gator great Udonis Haslem!

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That’s crazy he is still playing.

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You get drafted, you play your role, you eventually become a superstar, you lead an organization, you lead a team, you win your rings, and you go into the Hall of Fame and you ride off into the sunset. People think it’s this way, that is how it is supposed to be done,” Haslem told Andscape on April 24 from the Kaseya Center. “It’s not that black and white. You don’t have to be a superstar to be a winner. You don’t have to be a Hall of Famer to have an impact and put your fingerprints on an organization that’ll last forever. That’s what most people want to believe, and that’s what society wants you to believe, because I wasn’t Dwyane [Wade] or LeBron that I’m not worthy, to be the face or to be the guy here in Miami.

“But if you ask anybody around this city who the guy and who the face is, they’ll tell you different. So, for me, do it your way. Create your path and put yourself in a position where you can land your own plane. That’s what I want people to learn from me. You don’t have to do it their way. People want to tell me, ‘Oh, you’re taking up a roster spot,’ or this, that and the third. How can you tell me how to contribute to success? Why does it have to be the way you think it should be? Because the problem is if I did things the way people thought I should be, I’d never be here. If I tried to succeed the way people told me I should succeed, I’d never be here. If I tried to live life the way people told me was a successful life, I’d never be here

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