LeBron James Quotes
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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.
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I like criticism. It makes you strong.
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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.
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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.
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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?'
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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.
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I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.
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But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
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I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.
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Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.
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Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.
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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.
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I'm just a little kid from Akron.
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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.
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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.
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When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
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Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
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I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.
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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!
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I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.
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You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
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But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.
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Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.
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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.