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I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. — LeBron James

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When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun. — LeBron James

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I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played. — LeBron James

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I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize. — LeBron James

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I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things. — LeBron James

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If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it. — LeBron James

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It would be easier if I didn't even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is. — LeBron James

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I'm taking my talents to South Beach. — LeBron James

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That's one of my biggest obstacles. I'm afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing. — LeBron James

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The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go. — LeBron James

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As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible. — LeBron James

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I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win. — LeBron James

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I spoil a lot of people with my play, — LeBron James

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I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up. — LeBron James

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There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not? — LeBron James

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It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling. — LeBron James

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A LeBron James team is never desperate. — LeBron James

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You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble. — LeBron James

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All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point. — LeBron James

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I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they think I should do. That doesn't make me happy. What makes me happy is being able to make plays for my teammates, to be able to represent the name on the back of my jersey. — LeBron James

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When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first. — LeBron James

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A kid with a dream from Akron Ohio. Now chopping it up with the Prez. Life is Good — LeBron James

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My favorite thing about being a father is just seeing my kids grow and do some of the same things that I did when I was a kid, man. — LeBron James

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Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things. — LeBron James

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I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars ... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals. — LeBron James

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Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about. — LeBron James

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It's a humbling experience for me to be in this position. — LeBron James

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Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it. — LeBron James

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Everything is sore right now. Everything. I look like I'm doing okay but I can't wait to get home. — LeBron James

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D-Wade is the unselfish guy here-he is welcoming Chris Bosh and LeBron James to his team. — LeBron James

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I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything — LeBron James

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I'm LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio, from the inner city. I'm not even supposed to be here. That's enough. Every night I walk into the locker room, I see a No. 6 with James on the back, I'm blessed. So what everybody says about me off the court, don't matter. I ain't got no worries. — LeBron James

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Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. — LeBron James

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I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. — LeBron James

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I'm a winner ... I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand, — LeBron James

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Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone. — LeBron James

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Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't. — LeBron James

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I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. — LeBron James

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It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor. — LeBron James

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It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. — LeBron James

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I might play in shorts, but I wear the pants. — LeBron James

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The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing. — LeBron James

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I'm just blessed that I was able to have guys around me that had some of the same goals. The man above gave me a gift and he gave me friends and a mentor that can help me reach my goal and reach my potential. And we all had the same goal, so it wasn't hard for us to get, you know, off track because we all wanted the same thing. — LeBron James

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I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. — LeBron James

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Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It's where I walked. It's where I ran. It's where I cried. It's where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. — LeBron James

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You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game. — LeBron James

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It's not just straight-line speed. He's got the agility and the quickness to go with it. His vision on the field is phenomenal. It just opens the playbook so much as a coach that I'm really looking forward to it. — LeBron James

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We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day. — LeBron James

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I expect us to win. I expect us to get better every day. — LeBron James

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Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step. — LeBron James

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And winning is a huge thing for me. — LeBron James

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I went through a lot of battles in high school.
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But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn't know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I'm excited to lead some of these talented young guys. — LeBron James

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They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots. — LeBron James

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I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game. — LeBron James

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If you put everything together as far as my mind, my body, my game. If you put everything in one bottle, this is probably the best I've been. — LeBron James

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I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here. — LeBron James

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My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. — LeBron James

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When I was 5, some financial things happened, and I moved seven times in a year. We moved from apartment to apartment, sometimes living with friends. My mom would always say, 'Don't get comfortable, because we may not be here long.' — LeBron James

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Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry. — LeBron James

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This is a proud moment for our city. This is the first time we have won a Finals game in this city, and I'm happy to be part of the history. — LeBron James

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I do have motivation. A lot of motivation. — LeBron James

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To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players. — LeBron James

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For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. — LeBron James

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But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it. — LeBron James

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I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. — LeBron James

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We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships. — LeBron James

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I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way. — LeBron James

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We aren't comfortable. We are not satisfied. We have to stay even-keeled. — LeBron James

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Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am. — LeBron James

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Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed. — LeBron James

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I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know? — LeBron James

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I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. — LeBron James

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There are always people always asking you for something. But I feel like I have a foundation. I have a supporting cast where it doesn't bother me too much. — LeBron James

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I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home. — LeBron James

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You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress. — LeBron James

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A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don't know how to play the game, if you know what I mean. They can put the ball in the hoop, but I see things before they even happen. You know how a guy can make his team so much better? That's one thing I learned from watching Jordan. — LeBron James

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We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter. — LeBron James

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There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly. — LeBron James

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When I got back from the war in 1946 people didn't want the Mr. Smith kind of movie any more, and I refused to make war pictures. — LeBron James

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In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat. — LeBron James

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A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that. — LeBron James

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I am just happy to be part of the Nike family. — LeBron James

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I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now. — LeBron James

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Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times. — LeBron James

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As loud as they were , they need to go home now and start soaking up a lot of tea, drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours, whatever the case may be, 'cause they need to be just as loud Thursday night. We need you guys to get those voices right. But they're gonna be unbelievable Thursday night as well. Those guys, everyone, they're amazing. — LeBron James

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I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason. — LeBron James

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Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. — LeBron James

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Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough. — LeBron James

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I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not. — LeBron James

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A lot of people were saying that I was a selfish person and a selfish player. You know, it got to me. — LeBron James

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He reminds me of Michael Jordan. "You look and they have similar games where they want to lead their team to victory, no matter if they have to shoot the ball every time or if they have to rebound or pass, they're going to find a way to win." I've always said that Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in our game today and he's definitely proving himself. — LeBron James

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Teams make it tough on us, we make it tough on them. When you have two well coached teams that wanna win, it's going to be a competitive game. — LeBron James

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If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again. — LeBron James

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I'm under a super microscope. I've got my friends to keep me cool. As long as you've got friends, you've got nothing to worry about. — LeBron James

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I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready. — LeBron James

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There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself. — LeBron James

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Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. — LeBron James

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You know, softball is the other sport I do besides basketball. — LeBron James

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I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability. — LeBron James