I’m an old Grandfather now… and I’m opening this review with this statement… so you know that I wholeheartedly believe… and know… that certain things never change. And as I will shortly share with you… that’s especially true in the TRULY-IMPORTANT-THINGS-IN-LIFE!
The biggest role model and idol in my life was my Dad. He passed away forty-one years ago… and is still my idol and role model. I also idolized Jackie Robinson… Sandy Koufax… and Jerry West… but they were secondary to my Dad. And if you continue reading my review you will truly understand why I am sharing and emphasizing this with you.
Charles Barkley many decades ago… famously stated in a commercial that “He was not a role model!” And you know what? For one of a very few times he was one-hundred-per-cent right!
When you get done reading this book… if you didn’t know it already… you will surely believe and understand why the author… Chris Bosh… is a genuine role model on and off the court. I have always loved and played sports with the deepest passion… hunger… and desire… and a competitiveness I have seen very few times in my life. When you come from nothing… you compete to show you not only belong… but rise to the top… first in sports… and then you realize that sports is exactly like life. As I preached… and wrote in a poem… to my children… “THOSE TROPHIES YOU WIN NOW… (NOT THE TYPE OF TROPHIES EVERYONE IS BLINDLY AND CHEAPLY GIVEN JUST FOR SHOWING UP) WILL LATER BE COMMISSION CHECKS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY. That is the core of this unbelievable… tell it like it is… BEAUTIFUL… and I do mean BEAUTIFUL book. Because beauty to me is truth… the truth of nothing being handed to you… the truth of working so... so... hard… that the warning light on your human dashboard… says you can’t work any harder… or longer… but you find out that that dashboard is lying to you! You have to find the dedication… and desire… to prove to yourself that YOUR OWN DASHBOARD IS WRONG! And once you prove it wrong… prove to it that you’re better and stronger… than you yourself told yourself that you were… you then go to another level and embed that in your auto pilot mechanism deep in that vault within your very being… that only you have the combination to. I knew that… but many in the world don’t… or they simply found the reason to quit and fail. Chris Bosh will teach this to potential readers who either never knew this… or when they faced their own warning light… they now had a reason to give up and quit!
Anyone considering this book most likely already knows Chris’s “bona-fides”… the World Championships… the All-Star games… the Gold Medal… the recent well deserved NBA Hall of Fame induction… and many other accolades… as well as the heart-wrenching medical condition that unmercifully brought his professional basketball career to a premature screeching halt. Known not only as a great player… but the player who sacrificed the most on the Miami Heat’s super trio of Chris… LeBron… and Dwyane Wade… to create the 2012/2013 BACK-TO-BACK-CHAMPIONS. But when I and other people use the word “sacrifice”… Chris defines it more deeply… and rather than simply say sacrifice… it’s a goal to make we the team successful… and as a byproduct increase your own true self-worth… that is one of the many things Chris so deeply emphasizes and teaches in this no-holds barred book of improvement… growth… how to… in chapters laid out as signed letters to “young athletes”. With the greatest amount of respect… and as humble as I can attempt to be… I think the title of this book is downplayed because of how humble Bosh is. This book is really letters to young people… and if truth be told… to all ages of people… because people should never stop looking within themselves… always looking to improve… always looking to admit their mistakes and shortcomings.
Chris scrutinizes what a leader truly is… and how many different ways individuals can lead. All leaders are not loud and flamboyant. Everything from taking care of your body… to replacing ego with confidence from everything you invest leading up to… and well past your personal “warning light”.
Until the last year when Amazon for some unknown reason removed the ability for people to add comments and questions to a review like this… I used to be asked many… many… times if a particular book was “acceptable for their children… and what age youngster?” As a Grandfather and Father I went out of my way to respond to those questions. Since potential adult readers can’t ask me that anymore… for this book… I want to proactively reach out to these adult readers. I absolutely wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone’s child… from the age… if they’re really exceptional readers… I would say twelve years old and up. Average readers… I would say thirteen or fourteen years old. This is such a tremendously written… and unbelievably well-intentioned motivational book… that SO BEAUTIFULLY SERVES TWO MASTERS… SUCCEEDING IN SPORTS… AND MORE IMPORTANTLY… SUCCEEDING IN LIFE!
My favorite all-time quote my Father said to me growing up… that I repeat to this day is:
“TALK IS CHEAP… PERFORMANCE COUNTS… LET YOUR PLAYING DO YOUR TALKING… PUT UP OR SHUT UP!”
To Chris Bosh… you are truly a role model… ON… AND OFF… THE COURT! You have let your playing and your writing do your talking, I truly thank you for this beautiful book!
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AMAZING!!! Do yourself a favor and read this book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2021
I’ve been a fan of Chris Bosh for a long time. This book applies to every aspect of life. Incredibly motivating. There were so many details of his life that no one knew because all people saw was the the success and the fame, not what went on behind the scenes. Definitely puts everything in perspective and gives hope and motivation. Couldn’t put the book down!! I definitely recommend for you and any young adults (athletes or not) in your life!!Enjoy the read!!
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I’ve been a fan of Chris Bosh for a long time. This book applies to every aspect of life. Incredibly motivating. There were so many details of his life that no one knew because all people saw was the the success and the fame, not what went on behind the scenes. Definitely puts everything in perspective and gives hope and motivation. Couldn’t put the book down!! I definitely recommend for you and any young adults (athletes or not) in your life!!Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2021
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