The basketball community is familiar with NBA MVP Derrick Rose's overwhelmingly humble nature and he was nothing but grateful when it came to signing a five-year maximum contract with the Chicago Bulls.
"I'm tremendously blessed," Rose said in a press conference Wednesday morning. "I don't take anything for granted and I appreciate everyone and I think I can finally say this now, Mom, we finally made it."
Rose's contract is worth 94 million but the 23-year-old All-Star insists that money won't change him.
"Money I don't think is going to change me, if anything it would have changed me by now I think," he said. "Right now with the salary I'm getting I'm able to get whatever I want, I don't spend that much, I'm humble, I'm going to take care of others and it has a lot to do with my mom."
Rose also added that he's not even sure how much he makes. "I just know I get paid, I watch my accounts, they're growing and I'm happy," he said.
His humble nature hasn't gone unnoticed with coach Tom Thibodeau.
Thibodeau said at the press conference, "He embodies all the characteristics that you look for in a championship player. When you look at his will to win, his basketball IQ, unselfishness, his humility, I think those are the things you can build a championship caliber team around."
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Rose is still in shock at his success and the opportunities he's gotten.
"I really can't explain it," he said. "I never thought in a million years that I would sign a contract like this and sometimes it makes me think like 'Why Me?'"
"I think the sky's the limit," Bulls general manager Gar Forman added. "Wherever his ceiling is, Derrick Rose will reach it."