Chris Bosh Quotes

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do.

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.

I want to be a coach one day. This is important to me. I think I have a pretty good foundation of football schemes and X's and O's.

I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'

I want to coach because I love it. I don't want to sound hokey, but when you play for Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, and Pete Newell - they taught me a lot - I want to share what they taught me with a lot of people. I don't want to stop doing this.

I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team - to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

A good coach is someone who can break down players, someone who is good with angles, setting up points on the court.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.