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.Collection: Work
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.Collection: Life
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.Collection: Amazing
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.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Love
I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.Collection: Mom
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.Collection: Family
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.Collection: Time
My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'Collection: Time
My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.Collection: Mom
When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.Collection: Respect
But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.Collection: Sports
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.'Collection: Mom
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.Collection: Family
When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.Collection: Sports
Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.Collection: Mom
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!Collection: Music
I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.Collection: Funny
You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.Collection: God
I like criticism. It makes you strong.Collection: Strength
Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life.Collection: Home
You have to be able to accept failure to get better.Collection: Failure
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.
In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
I don't read books much.
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.
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
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.
But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.
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.
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.
I went through a lot of battles in high school.
I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.
As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.
I'm just a little kid from Akron.
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.
I'm confident with my ability.
I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.
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.
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.
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.
I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.
I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates.
If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.
I like being around people.