"They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots."
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 9 of 14)
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"Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life."
"I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things."
"Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway."
"He reminds me of Michael Jordan. "You look and they have similar games where they want to lead their team to victory, no matter if they have to shoot the ball every time or if they have to rebound or pass, they're going to find a way to win." I've always said that Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in our game today and he's definitely proving himself."
"I like being around people."
"There is no room for Donald Sterling in our league - there is no room for him."
"I'm not about saving franchises."
"I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it's not."
"We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day."
"Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast."
"I'm going to be one of the top four that's ever played this game, for sure. And if they don't want me to have one of those top four spots, they'd better find another spot on that mountain. Somebody's gotta get bumped, but that's not for me to decide. That's for the architects."
"If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie."
"The Greater Man upstairs know when it's my time. Right now isn't the time."
"Don't think for one min that I haven't been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!"
"But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court."
"Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces."
"We were playing every game to win, we just happened to win 27 in a row. Our motto was to try and go out and win every game, but there's nothing really to talk about."
"I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready."
"I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready."