Lebron Quotes & Sayings

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me. — LeBron James

I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me. — Dwyane Wade

Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things. — Lil' Wayne

Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won't let me be selfish. — LeBron James

As a parent, if you have multiple kids, you can't teach them all the same thing because they all have different personalities. They're their own person. — LeBron James

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

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

I like playing against LeBron more than anybody else in the league. He brings out the best in me, and I bring out the best in him. — Dwyane Wade

I'm just a little kid from Akron. — LeBron James

I would never do 'Dancing With The Stars,' because it's just not fair. I am too good of a dancer. It would be like LeBron James playing little league basketball. — Terry Crews

Yoga isn't just about the body, it's also about the mind and it's a technique that has really helped me. — LeBron James

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. — LeBron James

A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots. — LeBron James

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

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

The group of guys I have ... They are playing off straight motivation. — LeBron James

LeBron James has cemented himself as one of the GREAT PLAYERS of ALL TIME. — Stephen A. Smith

As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get older. I'm going to start making my house look like this. — LeBron James

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

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

We did what we are supposed to. We protected home. We have to try to do it again Thursday night. — LeBron James

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

Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron. — Larry Ellison

Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life. — LeBron James

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

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

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it. — LeBron James

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

To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple. — LeBron James

Celebs that hit the West Hollywood/Beverly Hills quadrant and places like the Urth Caffe are not exactly trying to keep a low profile; it's sort of like if LeBron James went to an ESPN Zone and then whined about being hounded for autographs. — Stephen Rodrick

I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously. — LeBron James

The best teacher in life is experience. — LeBron James

No place is better than Akron. — LeBron James

I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get a big lead. We were able to take it in overtime and win. — LeBron James

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

LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm feeling better after the game than I did when I came off the floor with cramps ... I was going to try to give it a go, and 'Spo said 'No.' You know, after I came out of the game, they kind of took off. And it was frustrating sitting out and not being able to help the team. — LeBron James

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

This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work. — LeBron James

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

I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back. — LeBron James

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

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

I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. — LeBron James

My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now. — LeBron James

I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron. — John Legend

The letter from Dan Gilbert, the booing of the Cleveland fans, the jerseys being burned
seeing all that was hard for them. My emotions were more mixed. It was easy to say, 'OK, I don't want to deal with these people ever again.' But then you think about the other side. What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left? How would I react? I've met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man. We've talked it out. Everybody makes mistakes. I've made mistakes as well. Who am I to hold a grudge? — LeBron James

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it. — LeBron James

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

As a man, if you got a problem with somebody, you sit down face to face and you talk to them eye to eye. And you hash it out and move on, — LeBron James

I drove to Liberty Park, just south of downtown, and within minutes, Henry had his kite out and was urging LeBron James into the air.
"He's done this before," I said in surprise.
"Not in forever. I can't remember the last time, actually," Millie replied. "Is he doing it?"
"Listen," I said. "Can you hear it?" I listened with her, straining for a sound that would connect her to the visual. Then the kite dipped, caught the wind again, and lifted, making a soft, wop wop in the air, like laundry on a clothes line, flapping in the breeze.
"I hear it!"
"That's Henry's kite. He's a natural."
"Will you help me get mine in the air? I could take off running, but that might be dangerous. I don't want to run head first into the pond. There is a pond, isn't there?"
"Just run away from the sound of the ducks. — Amy Harmon

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

Don't think for one min that I haven't been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone! — LeBron James

I'm going to be one of the top four that's ever played this game, for sure. And if they don't want me to have one of those top four spots, they'd better find another spot on that mountain. Somebody's gotta get bumped, but that's not for me to decide. That's for the architects. — LeBron James

For me, the biggest champions out there are not just on the field, but also off the field. Some of the biggest champions around the world, the David Beckhams, the Lebron Jameses, they all hold themselves so well off the field, and do so many great things for the community and socially. So I think it's not just about how you perform on the field, but how you hold yourself off it. — Nick Youngquest

Some times your best effort just isn't good enough. — LeBron James

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

We have an opportunity to get better. — LeBron James

Young people are swaddled in delusion. You think you are more awesome than you are, the world more interested in you than it is, your countenance more dazzling, your ideas more captivating, and that LeBron James was just a natural talent recruited from a neighborhood pickup game. You don't want to practice, you don't see the value in sacrifice, and you are convinced there is some vast comedy conspiracy to keep you from buying your first Bentley and dating a model by the time you are twenty-five. Wow. You are a douche. — Aisha Tyler

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

You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing. — LeBron James

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

I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever! — LeBron James

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

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball. — LeBron James

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

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

I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after. — Shaquille O'Neal

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

Paternalistic is a very good word. They think they have to look out for these guys? Don't worry about it. Why? Because of history. Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant. They did okay. — Sonny Vaccaro

I think there's something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see - LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved. — Phil Jackson

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

It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the security business. My job is to protect the King, and that's what I'm here to do. — Shaquille O'Neal

Why should I care? I have all the money in the world. — LeBron James

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

There is no room for Donald Sterling in our league. There is no room for him. — LeBron James

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

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

You can't let nobody run your train. — LeBron James

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

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

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

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

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason. — LeBron James

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

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

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

Cleveland fans are awesome. — LeBron James

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them. — LeBron James

Something just doesn't pop under your nose;you have to work for it. — LeBron James

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

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

I don't read books much. — LeBron James

When people start comparing him with (Michael) Jordan then that's not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league, he was very creative. That's not taking away anything from LeBron because he is a great player, but it is not a fair comparison because Jordan is a far superior player. — Hakeem Olajuwon

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life. — LeBron James

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

You have to be able to accept failure to get better. — LeBron James

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed. — LeBron James

We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive. — Steve Kerr

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