BEIJING: Welcome to the final edition of Inside the Mind of Dwyane Wade. What can I say, we came to Beijing and showed that we're the best in the world at the game that was invented in America. And I'm going to enjoy this.

This gold medal is back with its rightful owners.

Every game was good for us. We dominated these Olympics. But it wasn't easy. I know sometimes we made it look easy, but it wasn't.

Spain pushed us to the limit, they're a great team. But at the end of the day, we had more weapons. We were the better team. We made the plays we had to make to win.

But it was a long road back, for me personally and for the United States. So we're enjoying it.

After celebrating on the court, we continued in the locker room. That was special because we were able to share the moment of being Olympic champs by ourselves. But then we got on the bus, and there were 15 bottles of champagne waiting on us. We were shaking it up and spraying it around.

Right now it's about 8:30 at night, about four hours after the gold medal game ended. I took a break from celebrating to talk to you guys, but I'm going to get back to that right now.

I hope you enjoyed following our Olympic journey through my eyes, getting a taste of what it takes to be Olympian. But I've got my NBA ring, I've got my finals MVP and now I'm coming home with a gold medal.

Associated Press