Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier talks recovery from neck injury, love for Dwyane Wade, chemistry with Tyler Herro and boxing.
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00:00you. Oh, but I'm Leroy here
00:05with you. 560 WQAM and we are
00:06very excited because the first
00:07time Leroy. Yes, we get to talk
00:09to Terry Rozier. What's up,
00:10man? How are you? What's up,
00:11y'all? I'm excited. It's good
00:12to have you on the show, man.
00:13It's been a thrill. Appreciate
00:14it. Um whirlwind year for you
00:16last year, man. Yeah. Whirlwind
00:17year for you last year. Uh how
00:19first of all, how are you
00:20doing? How is everything uh
00:21health wise? How are you
00:22feeling? I'm good. I'm good.
00:23Can't complain. Uh feel good.
00:26Feel good. So, yeah. Was uh I
00:28saw you uh you know, in this
00:30uh in the summer, you were
00:31doing boxing workouts. I saw a
00:33little bit of uh of you hitting
00:34the mitts. You want to weigh to
00:35my heart, man. I love the I
00:36love the fight. Anytime I see
00:38uh one of the uh get to the
00:39gym, whoever it is. Uh is that
00:41something you typically do or
00:42are you looking for all like
00:43alternate stuff just because
00:44you can run or whatever? I
00:45typically do that uh in the
00:46summertime. Yup. Okay. That's
00:48uh and so how long have you
00:49been doing that? Uh probably
00:52like last three, 4 years. Yeah.
00:54But I it's not super
00:56consistent over the summer like
00:58I probably do it like two to
01:02three times a month. Oh,
01:04really? Okay. Yeah. Is there a
01:05is there a favorite fighter you
01:06like to replicate? Uh like you
01:08know, I I just love boxing. I
01:10want to say replicate. I love
01:11Roy Jones. Yeah. The best.
01:13Yes. The best. Like tank now
01:16but you know, guys like that.
01:18So, Tank Davis is uh is a crazy
01:21one because I've seen him uh I
01:22got to see him work up uh one
01:23time. I don't understand him.
01:25How was that? He's like it's
01:26like watching dynamite like
01:29live. It's it's it's like crazy
01:31to see somebody his stature be
01:33able to move hands that fast but
01:35then also like pop with like
01:37something I've never seen
01:38anything like it's it's it's
01:40not a it's not a surprise to see
01:41what he's doing to people. It's
01:43not a surprise. So, this off
01:45season, once you finally, you
01:47know, got into the, you know,
01:49situation getting healthy and
01:51and stuff like that, it's gotta
01:52be good to say, okay, now, I'm
01:55from the beginning and not just
01:57kind of trying to figure it out,
01:59you know, during the season
02:00while they're in the run. Yeah.
02:02Uh got a chance to hang out.
02:04Have you gotten a chance to
02:05like meet the guys, hang out
02:08because it's a little bit
02:09different when you're during
02:10the season. Yeah. Uh I mean, uh
02:14it it was tough, you know, last
02:15year, you know, just coming in
02:16the middle and then come in the
02:18middle of the season and then
02:19playing right away with no
02:20practices at all. You know,
02:22don't make no excuses but it's
02:23going to be exciting to do
02:24that, you know, versus now
02:25where you got the whole summer
02:27to be around guys, you know,
02:29playing five on five these last
02:30couple of weeks. Uh you know,
02:32it's I think it's going to be
02:34just way easier. Just a
02:36relationship. It's going to be
02:37better. It's going to be there.
02:38So, I think we all excited for
02:39that and you know, I'm just
02:41excited that I'm clear and I
02:42can, you know, help these guys.
02:44It had to be uh exciting
02:45though because like right
02:46before you got shut down, man,
02:48we saw the performance in
02:50Cleveland, the performance in
02:52against the Knicks and like
02:54your ability to make something
02:56out of nothing is insane. Like
02:59Terry, like so like is that do
03:02you feel like you're
03:03comfortable? Like you picture
03:04seeing more of that because I
03:05know it probably ramped you up a
03:06little bit to to get to that
03:08point of feeling like I'm
03:09cooking. I I everybody get out
03:11of my way. I can I I'm just
03:12feeling it right now. Uh I mean,
03:17I mean, yeah, this is I think
03:21it was it was tough. It was
03:22just tough that I, you know, I
03:23got injured at the time I did
03:24because it was right starting
03:26to feel comfortable. It's just,
03:27you know, just playing with
03:28those guys but at the end of
03:30the day, just not thinking too
03:31much, you know, going into the
03:32season and just being a ball
03:34player, you know, we got a lot
03:35of guys that can create for
03:36themselves but you know, just
03:38just being that help and and
03:40being a ball player. I think
03:41this season is going to be even
03:43way better than the last couple
03:44of games that I finished up
03:45before I got injured but you
03:47know, these these guys that I'm
03:48playing in the locker room with
03:50they they do everything. So,
03:51you know, just trying to be
03:52there and and you know, help
03:53with that. Now, you grew up a
03:56monster D Wade fan. Yeah. Yeah.
03:58This man is getting a statue. Uh
04:01I think uh end of the month.
04:03What uh what is Terry? Do you
04:04think the statue should look
04:05like? Do you have a pose in
04:06mind that should be the D Wade
04:08uh immortalization in front of
04:09this arena? Uh jumping on the
04:14score table. Yeah. Everybody
04:15said this one. Yeah. Maybe I
04:17got the inside scoop. Who
04:20is that?
04:24Hey, you know what? You're not
04:26though. Everybody said that. I
04:28get into fights sometimes, man
04:30because that's that's that's
04:32that's my Michael Jordan.
04:33That's that's the goat to me.
04:34Did you ever get into into
04:36arguments as a as a young man
04:37because people didn't give D
04:39Wade the respect he deserved
04:40all the time. All the time. You
04:42know, I got, you know, I grew
04:43up in Ohio, Cleveland,
04:45Youngstown, everybody cheer for
04:48me being how tall I was in my
04:50game. I I've definitely
04:52reflected more on D Wade who I
04:54like and I used to have to
04:55argue with all my friends
04:56because you know, he's he was
04:57a LeBron fan. So, all the time,
04:59I couldn't even count how many
05:00arguments I got for got into it
05:02for D Wade. It's uh I didn't
05:04know you were from Cleveland.
05:05Yeah. Oh yeah. They were
05:07playing for the uh the Browns.
05:08Okay. Yeah. That's what's up.
05:10That's what's up. When it was
05:11snow for no reason whatsoever.
05:14People don't understand. People
05:16don't understand that you'll be
05:17outside. It's sunny and then
05:19you'll go inside and come back
05:20out of the snow. Bipolar weather
05:22for sure. Yeah. What was the uh
05:23what was the move like you
05:24would practice with D Wade all
05:25the time? Like it was uh was it
05:27like over the head? Was it
05:28like? It was just always
05:29falling. I was always falling.
05:32I was falling. My high school
05:34coach, my young coaches always
05:35just be on me. You know, tell
05:37me stop falling so much but you
05:38know, just just couldn't help.
05:40So, you had to love that uh
05:41that commercial uh falsies.
05:45Yeah. Yeah. So, like but like
05:47that's that's crazy. So, you're
05:48talking about like you're you're
05:49not playing in the
05:50organization obviously that he's
05:51famous in like what we're like
05:53was a goosey. It was a goosey
05:54galore when you first put on
05:56that heat jersey. You're like in
05:57his locker room. Was there is
05:59there any like I know it's
06:00probably easy in the sport to be
06:01jaded by stuff. You see so much
06:03cool stuff but as like was that
06:05one of those moments like
06:06you'll always remember of being
06:07now I'm on D Wade's team or I'm
06:09I'm I'm in his franchise. Oh
06:10yeah. For sure. I mean it's
06:12it's just dope. It's just dope
06:13full circle moment. You grew up.
06:15I grew up watching, you know,
06:16organization loving it because
06:17of D Wade and now, you know,
06:19being in the same locker room
06:20that he was in, it didn't set in
06:22probably to like a month after I
06:24got traded. It was, you know,
06:25because everything happened so
06:26fast but like I said, I'm I'm
06:28I'm grateful and you know,
06:29thankful to be. How about when
06:30you met him? Uh you know, how
06:34did I feel when I met him? Yeah.
06:35It was crazy. I have, I
06:36probably had like twenty
06:37questions to ask him but once I
06:38met him, I didn't, I froze. I
06:41ain't have no questions for him
06:42but he uh they was playing
06:45New Orleans Pelicans in
06:46Louisville right before my
06:49second year in college and they
06:50went there for a preseason game
06:52and he's and right when he got
06:54there at a hotel, he sat down
06:55in the lobby probably for like
06:56two hours. How many, how many
06:57you done? And that was my first
06:59time meeting him. So, you know,
07:00just that impression right
07:01there along the first time
07:02meeting somebody, he sit down,
07:03take the time, 2 hours of his
07:05day, just land. So, you know,
07:07that was, that was dope. That
07:08was dope. You uh you had a
07:10tweet on like one of these
07:11montages. Somebody posted of
07:13you this off season. You
07:14responded uh watch this. Uh
07:16what are we watching? Like what
07:18what what what went through your
07:19mind there? Like you feel like
07:20there's another level you're
07:21going to get to this year? Or a
07:23different comfort? Is there
07:24like what do you feel like when
07:27you're you're looking back at
07:28the summer? Like what what do
07:29you feel like you're going to
07:30bring to the table this year
07:31with this? Uh I think I'm
07:32bringing a lot. I think I'm
07:33bringing a lot. I'm self
07:34motivated. Uh I don't need no
07:35one else to motivate me. Uh
07:37it's been a long off season.
07:39Uh I have I have uh it was
07:43tough sitting in guys. It was
07:45tough sitting and watching guys
07:47playing the playoffs. So, I'm
07:49I'm I'm I got a lot of like,
07:50you know, I'm I got some
07:51revenge in me that I'm, you
07:52know, I'm coming for it. So,
07:53it's going to be a lot of fun.
07:55Uh can you just flip that
07:56microphone in your mouth? I'm
07:57sorry. Apologize that. Um so
07:59from your standpoint, did you
08:01did you watch the playoffs?
08:02Like it was that one of those
08:03things or did you want to be
08:04away from basketball when you
08:05were hurt? Uh I watched
08:06playoffs. I watched us but you
08:07know, once I don't think I
08:09watched the second round or the
08:11the the conference but I
08:12definitely watched the finals.
08:13I watched a little bit of the
08:14finals. How um how just how
08:17difficult? Uh you know, I don't
08:18want to like pride too much but
08:19like did you feel okay or did
08:22you know something was wrong?
08:23Like is this one of those
08:24things where like sometimes
08:25people say doctors are saying I
08:27can't do certain things or so
08:30like did you feel physically
08:31okay at a certain point in the
08:32summer? Cuz I know you just got
08:34cleared. Uh in the summer, I
08:37definitely felt a little bit.
08:38You know, it's just
08:39progressing. Just keep getting
08:40better but it's this whole
08:43offseason. I've been feeling
08:45great. So, uh I've probably
08:47been feeling good ever since I
08:50would say June, July. So, you
08:52know, it's it's been these last
08:54couple months of feeling great
08:55and and and making sure I can,
08:57you know, keep getting better
08:58and you know, strengthen them
09:00areas that, you know, I got
09:01hurt at. So, you know, it's
09:02just, you know, I'm just
09:03thankful that, you know, I can
09:04that I'm here today and I can
09:05still play right now. From uh
09:08from your standpoint with uh
09:10with Tyler like working with
09:11him, it it felt like such rotten
09:13luck because when he got back
09:15is like right when you got
09:16hurt. So, is there anything you
09:18guys I guess have have partaken
09:20in this offseason um or just
09:22relationship wise not even
09:23playing basketball just like I
09:24guess getting to know each
09:25other. Yeah. Uh to to to kind
09:27of speed that up going into
09:29this year. Yeah, me and Tyler,
09:30you know, we kick, we hang
09:31around each other. Uh we
09:32obviously see, you know, the
09:33stuff that people say but you
09:35know, we we definitely ain't
09:36play that many games together.
09:37Uh we two ball players that
09:39you don't want to get out there
09:40and play with each other. Uh
09:41you know, prove a lot of people
09:43wrong but it's going to be
09:44exciting. It's going to be
09:45exciting for us to see for
09:46everybody else to see. Uh you
09:48know, how this can work and we
09:49know it can't. Terry Roger,
09:51appreciate the time, man.
09:52Thanks so much. Appreciate you
09:53guys. There you go. Scary
09:55Terry. Appreciate him.