Chris Bosh Quotations

We know what we have, we know what we do on the practice court, and we know what's in our hearts. We're really going to try hard.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

I think we all have our own different styles. [James] LeBron likes to be comfortable - he's going to be more comfortable over everything else. Dwyane [Wade Jr.] likes really stylish stuff. If you bring something questionable he'll try it.

I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic.

I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior. We lost in the state championship. It was kind of the same situation, camera in my face, and then that's when I realized it was over I had my moment.

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

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

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

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.

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

I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

My goal is to be able to play wherever my team needs me.

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

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.

I want to go get a stop on defense so James can do it again. It was a big spurt for him. That made then get out of their game plan and play him closer. But when he does that, we want to make sure we capitalize and get timely stops. And that's what got us right back in the game.

It's all about concentration and repetition. That's all it is.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I had a turnover and three missed shots down the stretch. I just have to make sure I calm my nerves.

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

Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.

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.

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

I love getting in the open floor and running.

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

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.

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

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

Some nights are like that, especially on the drive and kick. They sucked us in and knocked down threes. It's not too many nights in the league on the road where you have shooting games like that. So you have to tip your hat off to them for all of those threes.

Bryan told me one of the reasons he came here was because we had a promising young nucleus, he's just really excited about working with us. We can't go anywhere but up.

I don't understand it. I guess it comes with experience.

I enjoyed playing with everybody, no one particular person. Everybody shot the ball. The second half we stepped our defense up and we just went out there and played the right way.

I always keep my ear to the street and my eyes on the television.

He's a threat, he can play. His success has helped us as a team. He's been getting in the paint, he's been getting guys a lot of wide-open shots and he's been getting easy buckets. He can shoot the three and he doesn't take many bad shots, so when you have a point guard who can do all those things and create on the offensive side you can do a lot of things.

He's a successful GM. He has a good rep. You can see his work right now. It's real good to know, just to have somebody come in who has pretty good credentials.

Hopefully, this is the last year I won't be busy at this time of year.

I think it's (the national team selection) a little bigger. Having a chance to be a part of the world's elite as opposed to the league's, I think it's a little more special.

I think it's (the national team selection) a little bigger.

It is insignificant if you don't win the game.

Part of me wants to get out there, but the bigger part of me wants to see the other guys do well. If we're winning, that's all I care about.

(My teammates) were making fun of me, saying I took the night off, I was fouling on purpose. But the outcome is we won the game, a lot of the guys played well, and this will bring a lot of confidence for other guys.

I won't let that spook me too much. I know I can make that. I can shoot high percentage from there.

I think coach knows I can make plays. He wanted to get me over the hump with plays like that because we play of lot of games where we're in that situation.

It doesn't bother me. There's a reason for it. When we win, I think everybody will be interested again.

I think ... guys are really hungry to bring some prestige back.

It definitely lightens up the mood and gives us momentum.

I think this team has a good chemistry going for it right now. In the long run, it's going to be us. We understand that. We can just play with each other and not worry about anything, just worry about winning.

That's what I think the move is for, for future references. If we have space to sign guys, that would be a plus.

That's what I'm trying to see, we're trying to wait for the smoke to clear, and see the product from all of this.

We finally get it to six and we stop doing those things sometimes. I can't explain it and it comes with experience. We keep seeing what (bad) happens when we try to it another way. We have to learn.

We know it's been a tough season, but we have a good group of guys that work hard every day. Thank you for your support and we look forward to next season.

We were just watching him shoot. He takes the type of shots where you don't think they're going in, but suddenly he's rolling, so he's kind of hard to stop. We tried three or four guys on him, but it seemed like nobody guarded him tonight.

We didn't come out with any energy. We know we're 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 didn't have too much room for error.

We play in our position. If we're tied, we play like we're tied; if we're behind, we play like we're behind. We don't have a constant intensity and that's what we have to keep working on. We've got to learn.

We didn't quite find that killer instinct. We gave ourselves a chance late and we played smart, just some little things cost us this one.

We didn't play with much energy. It's the same story again.

We still had our chance to win the game. We just missed open shots down the stretch. That happens. But with experience comes wisdom. If we keep being in situations like this, eventually we'll learn to get better.

You look at the replay and you let me know if that was a foul. Everybody keeps saying it's OK, but you got to draw the line sometime. I got fed up with it. I'm not saying what I did was wrong. I think it helped us out.

To be a part of the world's elite instead of the just league's elite is a little more special.

We definitely have to shoot our free throws better because if make our free throws it's a little different ballgame.

We work off of each other very well. He can shoot and I can shoot and he crashes the boards and does a good job of playing aggressively and cleaning up some of our misses.

We can't afford to shoot ourselves in the foot early in the game.

We don't want to give up points in the paint,

We believe in ourselves and I believe in everybody here, that we can prove everybody wrong.

With a smaller guy, I should have taken him to the post. I should have given up the ball and cut to the post. I was just too busy trying to make a play that I shouldn't have. I should have been a little smarter.

We just got steamrolled. I don't think it's a step back because it's not like we played to the best of our abilities. We got beat by 20. We know what we didn't do.

We were panicking a little bit too much, some guys were looking like they didn't know what was going on. Thank god we won.

We should have better prepared ourselves mentally. We weren't ready for it and by the time we realized it, it was too late.

Every team goes through changes. It's up to us as players to put that aside and just play. It's hard to see positives getting beat by 20, plain and simple.

Sometimes when I have a 1-on-1 advantage and teams don't do a good job of either doubling or clogging the paint, that works to my advantage.

People support their country here a lot, and being in a diverse city, I expect it.