Miami Heat retires amazing rebounder & awesome photobomber Chris Bosh's #1 jersey

I may have been in the nosebleed seats last night, but I could hear every word of his inspiring speech - crosses the aisles from sports to just about everything else in life. Rebound!

“I’ve always been a rebounder,” Bosh said. He was referring not just to his on-court career, but what he’s done off the court, as well. Being a rebounder means being a fighter and he learned to be a rebounder from his grandfather, whom everyone affectionately calls “Daddy Jack.” Daddy Jack Bosh became a businessman and landowner in Texas in the era of the Jim Crow laws. He had a rebounder’s attitude.

Bosh shared a story of his time in the hospital in 2016, when his blood-clot condition first surfaced and he was struggling to even walk. One day, the team delivered thousands of letters to Bosh at the hospital — get-well-soon wishes from fans.

“I want you to know that I read those,” Bosh said. “Those letters pushed me to get back on the court. Those letters inspired me to get back up and walk across the room when I didn’t have the energy to do it, when I didn’t think I could do it.
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