"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
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 3 of 14)
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"But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out."
"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."
"I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed."
"People who say "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" never felt a broken heart."
"I'm just a little kid from Akron."
"A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams."
"I do have motivation. A lot of motivation."
"You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball."
"Maybe my pain was my motivation."
"The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing."
"I just bring the determination to win."
"Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it."
"I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates."
"I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it."
"I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple."
"I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball."
"As loud as fans 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."
"I can't worry about what other people say."
"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."