Chris Bosh Quotes

If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.

Life is not going to be sweet all the time.

Money is not an issue to me. My mother always tells me, money, it comes and it goes.

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.

I havent won on my birthday since college, so its good to play hard and get a win by double figures.

Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.

I wouldn't like to make anybody cry, I don't dislike anybody. It doesn't even matter - the opponent is always faceless.

I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to do it, why not?

If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.

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.

I know how the game is played, and I'm always working on it.

I'm just trying to be the best player that I can be.

I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role player. They dream about being the man. I have that position in Toronto and to give that up and go somewhere else to be an addition would kinda defeat the purpose of my dreams.

Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.

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.

I'm real conscious about money still. That's how I came up and you can't shake that.

I liked being a kid. I liked being a student.

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.

I know that sacrifices have to be made to play with good teams.

I wanted to take on a little bit more of a leadership role. I'm getting older and things are coming to me more and I have to take responsibility for that.

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 be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.

If you want to be successful, you are going to have to deal with pressure.

I love getting in the open floor and running.

We didnt come out with any energy. We know were not good enough to let the game come to us. We have to come with high energy, play hard team basketball and do everything the right way. Coming into the season, we all knew we didnt have too much room for error.

I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.

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.

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

I vote. People died for our right to vote and I can't let that go.

I'm a winner. Dwyane's a winner. We're going to bring winning to Miami.

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?"

You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.

Schoolwork came kind of natural to me, but when I brought home a grade that wasn't up to par, my parents let me know it.

There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.

When I was in school, my favorite subject was math. I took algebra and calculus. At an early age I grasped it and understood it quickly. I just enjoyed breaking the codes and solving problems.

Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.

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.

Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility in your hands is a little frightening, but it's exciting at the same time.

Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'

If you're not getting better in the summer, you're wasting your time.

Experience has taught me a lot, and I don't want to let that fall by the wayside.

Eventually, people are going to find out I can play.

If you don't see anything wrong with your game, you need to wake up.

To be honest, politics is so weird. I think it's more heavy than religion.

When you're not in the game, you can watch. Certain players have mannerisms, and they do the same things repetitiously.

I never expected to leave college early-especially after just one year.