Dwyane Wade Shares How He Overcame His Body Insecurities

Part of our culture's fascination -- hero worship, really -- with athletes revolves around their bodies. Whether we're looking at NBA MVP Stephen Curry's diminutive size or Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and his "cobra back," athletes take the eye test first, and are judged by everything else thereafter.

Miami Heat guard and three-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade, 34, is one of the athletes fans gawk over. He's an all-time great basketball player. He's ripped, yoked, jacked. Whatever you want to call it, Wade's in outstanding shape. But in sharing his new cover on ESPN The Magazine's latest "Body Issue" on Twitter, he peeled back a layer of his protective athletic machismo.