Chris Bosh Quotes

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

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

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

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 love getting in the open floor and running.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.

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

Life is not going to be sweet all the time.

Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.

Everyone talks about success, but what happens before? There's always something you have to overcome.

I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.

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.

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

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

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.

Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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 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?

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.

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.

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