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Chris Bosh

(1984) Basketball Player

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Chris Bosh is a basketball player, best known for Letters to a Young Athlete.

Quick Facts About Chris Bosh

Born: March 24, 1984
Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Letters to a Young Athlete

About Chris Bosh

Christopher Wesson Bosh is an American former professional basketball player. A Texas Mr. Basketball in high school, he played one season of college basketball for Georgia Tech before declaring for the 2003 NBA draft, where he was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors. Bosh is considered to be one of the greatest power forwards for the Raptors, and one of the best players of his generation.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Chris Bosh · Page 4

Once I close the doors, it's closed. I don't open it back up. That's kind of me as a human being. That's…

Done

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

Critics

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

Fine

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

Ifs

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I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to…

Different

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I'm more mature, my game is more mature, and I can do a bunch of things on and off the court to…

Court

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

Grades

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Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility…

Exciting

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Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.

Break

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I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like…

Approach

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

Being the best

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Kanye West - he's all over the place, and I think he defines what an artist is because none of his work…

Art

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

Acknowledge

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

Athlete

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The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have…

Actuality

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

Felt

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I'm used to practicing. I'm used to the schedule. That's kind of what I was born to do. That's what I've been…

Born

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I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior.…

Cameras

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My dad used to play every other weekend with me when I was young. I started getting better, but he could always…

Better

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My favorite was always smothered pork chops. Smothered pork chops. That would be my request if I ever had one, and it…

Always

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

Bits

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You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find…

Apartment

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I would really want to teach someone how to function without having to have plays called for you.

Function

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

Died

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I remember in high school, I ate some nachos probably like an hour, half-hour before the game, and it's kind of gross,…

Game

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