Finding Meaning in Life After Basketball | NBA Legend, Chris Bosh
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Chris Bosh, an 11-time NBA All-Star, 2-time Champion and the NBA’s first Global Ambassador of Basketball.
Chris fell in love with basketball at an early age and earned the prestigious “Mr. Basketball” title while still at Lincoln High School in Dallas, Texas.
A McDonald’s All-American, Chris was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors after one year attending Georgia Tech.
Chris would eventually leave the Raptors to team up Lebron James and Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat, where he would win two NBA championships, yet had his playing days cut short during his prime by a freak medical condition.
His extraordinary career ended not at a time of his choosing but “in a doctor’s office in the middle of the afternoon.”
Chris was forced to reckon with how to find meaning to carry forward, and that really sets the tone for this conversation.
We discuss what led to his success during his time in the league and how he found meaning in his life post-basketball - something I know many other athletes can relate to.
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| 0:00.0 | But yeah, just that fire in the belly. |
| 0:02.2 | Just always wanting to be better. |
| 0:03.6 | You don't have to have a chip on your shoulder |
| 0:06.9 | to feel like you have to go out there |
| 0:09.4 | and play the game you love. |
| 0:11.3 | Like, I felt the chip on the shoulders like, |
| 0:13.4 | oh, you know, man, you gotta be a certain way. |
| 0:15.6 | You gotta carry yourself a certain way. |
| 0:17.7 | Fire's like, hey, man, nice to meet you. |
| 0:20.1 | Let's play this game. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm still not here in your butt. |
| 0:22.7 | Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm Michael Jervé, and by trade and training, |
| 0:38.8 | I am a sport performer psychologist, and I am fortunate |
| 0:43.0 | to work with some of the top performers across the planet. |
| 0:45.7 | And the whole idea behind these conversations |
| 0:48.0 | behind this podcast is to learn from the extraordinary. |
| 0:52.1 | We're going to pull back the curtain. |
| 0:53.9 | We're going to explore how they've committed |
| 0:55.8 | to both mastering their craft and their minds. |
| 0:59.4 | And our minds are our greatest asset. |
| 1:01.4 | And if you want to learn more about how you can train your mind, |
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