Finding Meaning in Life After Basketball | NBA Legend, Chris Bosh

Chris Bosh (0:00)

But yeah, just that fire in the belly, just always wanting to be better. You don't have to have a chip on your shoulder to feel like you have to go out there and play the game you love. Like, I felt the chip on the shoulders, like, oh, you know, man, you gotta be a certain way. You gotta carry yourself a certain way.

Fire is like, hey man, nice to meet you. Let's play this game. I'ma still knock you on your butt.

Michael Gervais (0:31)

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais, and by trade and training, I am a sport and performance psychologist, and I am fortunate to work with some of the top performers across the planet. And the whole idea behind these conversations behind this podcast is to learn from the extraordinaries. We're gonna pull back the curtain. We're gonna explore how they've committed to both mastering their craft and their minds.

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Now, this week's conversation is with Chris Bosh. He's an 11-time NBA All-Star, a two-time champion and the NBA's first global ambassador of basketball. I'm really excited to have him on the podcast. We come to learn that he fell in love with basketball at an early age. And then he went on to earn the prestigious Mr. Basketball title while at the Lincoln High School in Dallas, Texas. He went on to become a McDonald's All-American. It's a big deal in the basketball world. And then eventually Chris was selected fourth overall in the draft by the Toronto Raptors one year after attending Georgia Tech. So he was on this fast track, this high ascendance, if you will. And Chris though would eventually leave the Raptors to team up with LeBron James and Dwayne Wade with the Miami Heat. And I'm sure you, if you follow basketball, you remember those three that were just fantastic and dynamic and like almost unstoppable is what it felt like. And there they would win two NBA championships together.