"We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships."
LeBron James
Professional Basketball Player
LeBron James is a professional basketball player known for his exceptional skills, leadership, and influence on and off the court.
- Born
- December 30, 1984
- Quotes
- 263
- Rank
- #302
Quote collection
LeBron James quotes (page 12 of 14)
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"They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning."
"Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough."
"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."
"I spoil a lot of people with my play. If you have three bad games in a seven-year career, people are going to point that out."
"Am I responsible or are you', a senior official asked his pilot, dubiously beginning a flight to Baghdad, 'for seeing that this machine is not overloaded?' 'That will have to be decided at the inquest."
"I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level."
"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."
"We lost one (Finals), we won two and we lost another one. (We'll) take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played (in this series)."
"That's all our team is about. If we stop people, we're the most athletic team in this whole tournament and we can get out and get easy buckets."
"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."
"When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports."
"I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn't always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team, but, I kind of knew what to do at times."
"The best option for me to do was not to move. I tried, and any little nudge or step, it the cramping would get worse. It was the whole left leg ... nearly the whole left side. ... I drank a lot of fluids at halftime. I even changed my uniform."
"I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played."
"It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor."
"I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars."
"My family is happy. That makes my job a lot easier. For the fans, I try to put it all out there on the floor."
"A lot of people were saying that I was a selfish person and a selfish player. You know, it got to me."
"I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything."