Letters to a Young Athlete Quotes

“Criticism is a tax you pay, and it always comes due. Better to accept that now—just like businesses budget in the amount of tax they have to pay each year—than to act shocked every time you see the bill.”
― Chris Bosh, Letters to a Young Athlete

“You think Kobe Bryant just said all of a sudden, “Man I’m just really, really in shape, and now I can score 30 points a night without getting tired”? No way. You get that way by never quitting, by pushing through precisely when you are tired. That’s the irony of this game: You become capable of the grind by surviving the grind.”
― Chris Bosh, Letters to a Young Athlete

“Running those suicides. Running those drills over and over again, panting for breath, gasping from thirst. Running laps when you mess up. All you want is to catch your breath. Get a short break. Two minutes, one minute—hell, fifteen seconds—to catch your breath, and you know it just isn’t coming. Ever.”
― Chris Bosh, Letters to a Young Athlete

“No matter what kind of talent you’ve been blessed with, you still have to answer the same question: What do you want to do with this? Where are you going, and how can you use what you’ve been given to get there?”
― Chris Bosh, Letters to a Young Athlete