Chris Bosh Quotes (46 Quotes)

Winning always helps, but this is my situation. I can't really help how things are. To me, it's all about the future, so I think what I do from here on out will dictate being selected.

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

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

I just think it's concentration. I spent a great deal of my time shooting free throws. As many jump shots as I take, I try to shoot as many free throws.

You play anybody and if they shoot 70 per cent from three, they're going to be tough to beat.

It's been a pretty consistent shot for me. I got a good look, it just went a little long. It felt good I've just got to move on and keep going.

Honestly, it's bothersome. But we have a game (tonight) and a chance to prove to ourselves that we can play harder.

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

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.

The mood always lightens after a win. People are nicer, the food tastes better, practice is a lot more fun,

He's a Raptor now, no matter what happened in the past, he's a Raptor now. He's here to help us win and I don't think people should forget that.

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.

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

I have to feel that nobody can stop me scoring, that nobody can keep me off the boards. Every person should feel that way. First of all, it gives me confidence, and when things get down, I still have that mental state that I missed shots, but he didn't stop me.

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.

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.

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

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

It's tough. But safety is a main concern. I talked to the doctors yesterday and they're telling me, if the same thing happens again - if I play - it could be very severe. (Instead of) 10 days it could be 10 weeks or something like that.

That's free points. You're going to have to reward yourself for taking it hard to the lane and putting pressure on their big guys, putting them in foul trouble and making them pay.

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

It's frustrating, but four games, we just have to find some way to win. We're not taking much solace out of anything.

It's just playing one game at a time, that's how I take it. I play as hard as I can for however many minutes that I play .... It's my job, I love playing basketball, I love the NBA. I just look forward to playing every day, and I'm sure it doesn't take much for me to get up before the game.

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.

I haven't won on my birthday since college, so it's good to play hard and get a win by double figures.

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

It's very much night and day, ... Last year I was more of a surprise when I started doing well in mid-season. At that point people started saying, 'OK, now we have to do something.'

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.

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 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.

I know I'm a good person. I do my job. I know I'm a professional, and if I do the right things, people will respect me. No matter where it is, as long as I'm playing basketball, as long as I'm in the NBA, that's all that matters.

It's really special. When I was in the second grade, I watched the Dream Team it was a special time for me.

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.

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

They play pretty good without Iverson. They have a lot of guys who really step up to the plate and accept that challenge without him. It's still really a good team without him.

I just hope he wants to come in and contribute to the best of his ability. I hope he buys into what we're trying to do here and what we're trying to do with this season.

I'll be honest with you, it feels really good to come back from a tough situation, a sluggish first half and still capitalize down the stretch. We have been losing a lot of fights down the stretch.

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

It's very good motivation because that kind of brings us together,

They basically told me I have the right to be more vocal, you have the right to push everybody else when some guys are slacking off some days. They want me to do a better job of getting on them and demanding the best of them, because that's what all the great players do, they demand the best out of their teammates, and make everybody better.

They executed well, they made a bunch of tough shots. When you play a team like that, you look at them, and you can learn a lot.

I'm nervous. I just hope they call my name. I don't talk much about it. I just wait.

I just appreciate the battle that we had. I was trying to stop him, he was trying to stop me, and all in all it was just a great competition.

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.

That goes to show ourselves and the fans that when we play the right way, it's tough for teams to come here and win. We knew we could score every time. We were pretty much scoring at will in the first half.

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.