"I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it."
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 8 of 14)
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"You learn from mistakes, you learn from losses, but this game doesn't put something on me where it's, 'Hey, I've finally done it. This was a big game. We won it and we have to move on.'"
"I don't read books much."
"When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first."
"It's always a struggle growing up in Akron."
"The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change."
"I spoil a lot of people with my play."
"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.'"
"That's what keeps me humble because I know my background, know what my mother went through. I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. My mom always says and my friends all say, ’You're just a very low-maintenance guy’. I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life."
"Crazy. Karma is a b****. Gets you every time. Its not good to wish bad on anybody. God sees everything!"
"James also revealed he and his teammates smoked marijuana one night after getting access to a hotel room in Akron."
"Know that I'm better solo. I invented solo."
"Obviously I'm not getting much sleep. You guys can see I'm not getting much sleep right now, but I'm OK with that. I'm OK with not sleeping to be able to prepare myself and mentally keep myself intact on what's the main objective for me right now."
"I don't really get involved in it, the whole thing. I understand how important this city is and what I mean to this city and what our team means to the city... but I don't get caught up into it. I just go out and play my game. I try to lead the best way I can, and if I can put my team and this franchise in a position to win the title, I'm grateful for that."
"I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize."
"You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game."
"I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay."
"If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again."
"Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life."
"No place is better than Akron."