Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Boshis an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. A high school "Mr. Basketball" in Texas, Bosh left college at Georgia Tech after one season with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team to enter the 2003 NBA draft. He was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in a very competitive draft class that included multiple future NBA superstars such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Carmelo Anthony. While at...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 March 1984
CityDallas, TX
It's frustrating, but four games, we just have to find some way to win. We're not taking much solace out of anything.
It's been a pretty consistent shot for me. I got a good look, it just went a little long. It felt good; I've just got to move on and keep going.
It's just playing one game at a time, that's how I take it. I play as hard as I can for however many minutes that I play .... It's my job, I love playing basketball, I love the NBA. I just look forward to playing every day, and I'm sure it doesn't take much for me to get up before the game.
It was good, I had a blast. Got to get some rebounds, get some points, get one assist and enough minutes. It feels good (to be around all these guys). I'm just happy to be here.
It's tough. But safety is a main concern. I talked to the doctors yesterday and they're telling me, if the same thing happens again - if I play - it could be very severe. (Instead of) 10 days it could be 10 weeks or something like that.
They basically told me I have the right to be more vocal, you have the right to push everybody else when some guys are slacking off some days. They want me to do a better job of getting on them and demanding the best of them, because that's what all the great players do, they demand the best out of their teammates, and make everybody better.
That goes to show ourselves and the fans that when we play the right way, it's tough for teams to come here and win. We knew we could score every time. We were pretty much scoring at will in the first half.
I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like a kid, for fun but with intensity. Play to win.
I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.
Everyone talks about success, but what happens before? There's always something you have to overcome.
Life is not going to be sweet all the time.
Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.
Experience has taught me a lot, and I don't want to let that fall by the wayside.
I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.