Terry Rozier Talks Return From Injury, Year 2 with Miami Heat, Love For Dwyane Wade, Scoop On Statue

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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.

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