Gabrielle Union Once Named What She and Her Husband Dwyane Wade Did That Wasn’t ‘Good for my Ego’

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<p id=”par-1_43″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/gabrielle-union/”>Gabrielle Union</a> has admitted she can be quite competitive when it comes to certain activities with her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-gabrielle-union-demanded-a-prenup-with-dwyane-wade.html/”>husband Dwyane Wade</a>. Which was why when she faced Wade in this one contest, she admitted it didn’t take long for things to get ugly.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-gabrielle-union-found-out-doing-this-with-dwyane-wade-wasn-t-good-for-her”>Gabrielle Union found out doing this with Dwyane Wade wasn’t good for her</h2>

<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dwyane-Wade-Gabrielle-Union.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Gabrielle Union posing next to Dwyane Wade at the 96th Annual Academy Awards.” class=”wp-image-3729096″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic</figcaption></figure>

<p id=”par-2_45″>Union’s superstar husband Wade wasn’t the only savvy sports athlete in the family. Speaking with <a href=”https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/111/gabrielle-union-talks-dating-sports”>ESPN</a>, Union asserted that she was something of an athlete herself. She enjoyed playing a variety of sports during her childhood years, which was something that ran in the family.</p>

<p id=”par-3_44″>“I’ve been a Cornhusker fan since birth, my dad is a huge sports fan — he wanted boys and got three girls — so sports has always been on in my house. I’ve always had an interest in sports across the board,” Union said.</p>

<p id=”par-4_17″>In a lot of ways, it seemed that her passion for sports rivaled her passion for acting.</p>

<p id=”par-5_84″>“In my family if you couldn’t talk Cornhusker football — that means knowing the black shirt defense, knowing the I-back formation — then you don’t get to have an opinion,” she said. “When I first toured the Nebraska campus and I saw Turner Gill walk, I freaked out. That was like the biggest star-struck moment I’ve probably ever had in my life. But it’s because I grew up in a household that always talked specifically Cornhusker football and Big 8 sports, at the time.<em>”</em></p>

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<p id=”par-6_18″>And although she didn’t play professionally, the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/gabrielle-union-supports-being-mary-jane-co-star-lisa-vidal-via-instagram-following-sons-suicide.html/”><em>Being Mary Jane </em>star</a> shared Wade’s love for Basketball as well.</p>

<p id=”par-7_53″>“I probably started as a four, and then very quickly demonstrated my ball-handling prowess, so I was probably point guard from, like, seven or eight on playing competitive basketball. I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven,” she said.</p>

<p id=”par-8_41″>But if there was one thing that probably wasn’t a good idea for the actor, it was challenging Wade in a game of Basketball. However, that didn’t stop the <em>Bring It On</em> star from doing so, much to her own detriment.</p>

<p id=”par-9_6″>“And it’s not pretty,” she said.</p>

<p id=”par-10_82″>“For me. Not good for my ego. During the lockout we played a lot of HORSE, and I just try to sit at the free throw line and I’m like, ‘He’s gonna screw up at one point or another.’ I was, in high school, a career 93-percent free-throw shooter. So I feel like if I just stay at the free-throw line I have a solid chance. I think I’ve got it into H-O-R. That’s as far as I’ve ever come,” she added.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-gabrielle-union-revealed-that-she-and-husband-dwyane-wade-are-sports-parents”>Gabrielle Union revealed that she and husband Dwyane Wade are sports parents</h2>

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<p id=”par-11_36″>Union and Wade’s passion for sports and competition also seems to affect their parenting. She confided that, when <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/gabrielle-union-and-dwyane-wade-asked-the-cast-of-pose-for-advice-on-raising-their-daughter-zaya.html/”>watching their kids</a> play sports, they can probably be more competitive than their children are on the field.</p>

<p id=”par-12_65″>“When your child decides they aren’t going to give their full effort, you have to understand, me and Dwyane lose our minds,” she once said on <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtGqRKibho&ab_channel=SteveTVShow”>The Steve Harvey Show</a></em>. “We start off like, we’re just going to sit here [and] we’re not going to draw any attention to ourselves, this is really about the kids and then it turns into The Shining–‘what is happening?!’”</p>

<p id=”par-13_21″>It would come to the point where Union and Wade would even coach their kids’ games to better help them win.</p>

<p id=”par-14_37″>“You’re like I gave up what little bit of sleep I had and you’re not going to get on defense?!,” she said. We’re those parent’s who give like halftime lectures in the middle of the game. We’re those people!”</p>