Past exam of the metric spaces and complex analysis course of the University of Oxford / 2015 / 1 / b

The empty set is bounded. Otherwise choose $p$ in the compact metric space $X$. The open balls $B(p,n)$, $n=1,2,\dots$, form an open cover. A finite subcover exists by compactness; because the balls are nested, the largest one already covers $X$. Hence $X\subseteq B(p,N)$ for some $N$.

For $x,y\in X$, the triangle inequality gives $d(x,y)\le d(x,p)+d(p,y)<2N$. ThusThe proof uses only compactness and the metric, not a coordinate system.