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
You don't have to appreciate me - I hope you underestimate me. That way, when I have a good game, it'll hit you even harder.
I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.
I remember telling my friends I wish I had stayed in school and they didn't understand: "You've got all this money and everything you want." But it wasn't about the money. It was about how I felt right then.
You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost.
There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.
It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA!
You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.
You can't be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.
I don't really know what depression is, I don't think I've felt it. I probably have. Things aren't the same when you're losing. You're not happy. That can happen. But I try to keep them separate as much as possible.
A woman shouldn't heckle. In the public eye, you have to represent not only you but your spouse, too. You have to be a lady. She just has to sit there, clap, and look pretty.
People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"
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.