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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.

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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.

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But Then I Lock Back In And I Start Thinking About How Fun It Is To Compete During The Playoffs And The First Round, The Second Round, And Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm Lucky Enough To Get Here Again, It Will Be Fun To Do It.

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I Might Play In Shorts, But I Wear The Pants.

I Love Sharing The Ball With My Teammates. I See A Lot Of Things Before My Teammates See Them.

Once You Squeeze Toothpaste Out, You Can't Put It Back Into The Tube. The Same Is True With Our Words. Once We Say Something Hurtful, We Can't Take It Back

I'm Just A Little Kid From Akron.

I'm Going To Take My Talents To South Beach.

This Is A Job And We Want To Have Fun. But It's A Job And We Should Look Like We're Going To Work.

Messi Is The Best Player In The World. If He's Not Already, He'll Be The Best Footballer Of All Time.

I'm Not Afraid Of Nothing, I Just Like The Challenge, And I Love Being Here.

The Man Above Has Given Me Some Unbelievable Abilities To Play The Game Of Basketball. I Just Try To Take Advantage Of It Every Night. I Got The Trust Of My Teammates And My Coaching Staff To Go In There And Let It Go.

If I Could Have Gave More, I Would Have Done It. I Gave Everything I Had

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Losing A Basketball Game Hurts But When You See What You've Been Through, You Look On It And Say Well If This Is The Worst Thing That Can Happen To Me, Then I'm Okay.

I Hope I Can Help Guys Coming Out Of High School, If They Need Advice. I Know The Ins And Outs Of Everything.

If I Didn't Believe In This Team And This Organization And The Direction That We're Headed, I Wouldn't Have Signed The Extension.

There's No Reason To Play In The Nba If You Don't Believe You Can Win It All.

I Can't Worry About What Other People Say.

I've Given These Guys The Blueprint On How To Win A Premiership, Now I Just Have To Be Patient Until They're Ready.

My Game Is Really Played Above Time. I Don't Say That Like I'm Saying I'm Ahead Of My Time. I'm Saying, Like, If I'm On The Court And I Throw A Pass, The Ball That I've Thrown Will Lead My Teammate Right Where He Needs To Go, Before He Even Knows That That's The Right Place To Go To.

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 Teacher In Life Is Experience.

And Winning Is A Huge Thing For Me.

If You Put Everything Together As Far As My Mind, My Body, My Game. If You Put Everything In One Bottle, This Is Probably The Best I've Been.

I Learn From Winning, Because It's Much Easier To Point Out Things When You Lose. But I Think The Alternate Competitors Can Point Out A Lot Of Things When You Win.

It's Hard To Win In The League, Because Every Team Is Good, They Got Players On Their Team. A Lot Harder Than High School. It's Competitive, And That's What I Most Love About It.

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.

Certain Money Is Not Always Good Money. It Could Be Just Being At The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time. I Mean, If You Have Your Priorities In Check Then For The Most Part It's Easy.

I Love Showcasing My Talents - Not Only To My Hometown Fans And My Own Team But To The World.

That's One Of My Biggest Obstacles. I'm Afraid Of Failure. I Want To Succeed So Bad That I Become Afraid Of Failing.

Akron, Ohio, Is My Home. I Will Always Be Here. I'm Still Working Out At My Old High School.

D-wade Is The Unselfish Guy Here-he Is Welcoming Chris Bosh And Lebron James To His Team.

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!

As A Man, If You Got A Problem With Somebody, You Sit Down Face To Face And You Talk To Them Eye To Eye. And You Hash It Out And Move On.

We Have To Continue At A High Level And Make Them Take Tough Shots.

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Just Because We Are Back Home, Don't Get Comfortable. Have That Same Uptight Feeling Like It's Just Us Against Everyone.

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I'm Confident With My Ability.

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.

I Feel Confident Because I'm The Best Player In The World. It's That Simple.

I Love The Success Of My Teammates More Than My Individual Achievements. I've Just Always Cared More About That Since I Started Playing.

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I Laugh And Joke, But I Don't Get Distracted Very Easily.

I Like To Get Out And Get Up The Court, Using My Speed And Aggressiveness Toward The Hoop.

My Mom And I Have Always Been There For Each Other. We Had Some Tough Times, But She Was Always There For Me.

Being The Only Man In The Household With My Mom Definitely Helped Me Grow Up Fast.

I Assure You, You Will Never Survive On Your Wits Alone.

But I Mean, Even My Family Gets Spoiled At Times Watching Me Doing Things That I Do, On And Off The Court.

I Don't Want To Be Called A Point Guard, But I Can't Stop It.

Steph Is Scary. I've Never Seen Anyone Who Can Shoot The Ball Off The Dribble Like Him. He Got It Going In 4th. Every Game Is Different.

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I'm A Guy Who Tries To Be Successful In All That I Do, And When You Fall Short, It Hurts.

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.'

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.

As A Professional Athlete A Lot Is Going To Be Said About You - But I Just Try To Move Forward And Try To Achieve My Goals.

I Hate Letting My Teammates Down. I Know I'm Not Going To Make Every Shot. Sometimes I Try To Make The Right Play, And If It Results In A Loss, I Feel Awful. I Don't Feel Awful Because I Have To Answer Questions About It. I Feel Awful In That Locker Room Because I Could Have Done Something More To Help My Teammates Win.

They Continue To Criticize Me For My Outside Shooting, But I Continue To Make Outside Shots.

With That Locker Room I Could Sleep There After Games.

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).

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I Went Through A Lot Of Battles In High School.

I've Always Been Skeptical Of People Who Say They Lose Themselves In A Part. Someone Once Came Up To Spencer Tracy And Asked, "aren't You Tired Of Always Playing Tracy?" Tracy Replied, "what Am I Supposed To Do, Play Bogart?" You Have To Develop A Style That Suits You And Pursue It, Not Just Develop A Bag Of Tricks.

I Will Have No Problem Coming To Practice On Time. The Locker Room Is Great, But We Have To Prove Ourselves On The Court.

I Never Thought Basketball Was Going To Be My Future. I Just Wanted To Play Because It Gets You Girls.

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!

It's Humbling To Know That You Have Fans All Over America And All Over The World And They Want You To Play On Their Respective Basketball Team. It's Very Humbling That They Respect The Way I Play The Game Of Basketball. I Can't Discredit That. I Can't Say I Don't Enjoy It Because You Put In A Lot Of Hard Work To Have Fans. And For Me To Be A Role Model And For Me To Have Fans All Over Is Great. It's Very Humbling.

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 Was Supposed To Take The Ball Out. I Told Coach, 'there's No Way I'm Taking The Ball Out, Unless I Can Shoot It Over The Backboard And It Goes In. I Told Him, 'have Somebody Else Take The Ball Out, Give Me The Ball, And Everybody Get Out Of The Way.'

For If Any Be A Hearer Of The Word, And Not A Doer, He Is Like A Man Beholding His Natural Face In A Glass: For He Beholdeth Himself, And Goeth His Way, And Straightaway Forgetteth What Manner Of Man He Was.

I'm Very Good At Noticing Talent. I Knew He Was Special Then And Obviously He Is Now.

Before Anyone Ever Cared Where I Would Play Basketball, I Was A Kid From Northeast Ohio. It’s Where I Walked. It’s Where I Ran. It’s Where I Cried. It’s Where I Bled. It Holds A Special Place In My Heart.

To Be Honest, The Play That Was Drawn Up, I Scratched It. I Just Told Coach, 'give Me The Ball.' We're Either Going To Go To Overtime Or I'm Going To Win It For Us. It Was That Simple.

Everywhere I've Been, I've Been The Best Player. I Love Being A Leader, And I Love Being The Best. I Just Want To Get Better. It's Not About Being Cocky Or Selfish Or Anything Like That. It's Just How I Am.

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.

I Always Believed That I’d Return To Cleveland And Finish My Career There.

Every Practice, Every Film Session, Every Game Will Help Our Chemistry.

It Would Be Easier If I Didn't Even Make The Playoffs, It Would Hurt Less. But Then I Start Thinking About How Much Fun It Is.

The Greater Man Upstairs Know When It's My Time. Right Now Isn't The Time.

We Want To Win It All. The Only Reason We Play This Game Is To Win Championships.

As A Society How Do We Do Better And Stop Things Like This Happening Time After Time!! I’m So Sorry To These Families. Violence Is Not The Answer People. Retaliation Isn’t The Solution As Well.

I've Sort Of Gotten Into The Habit Of Looking For The Vulnerable Guy, The Guy Who Makes Mistakes, The Guy Who Can't Figure Things Out All The Time But Keeps At It.

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.

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I Am Just Happy To Be Part Of The Nike Family.

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.

Maybe My Pain Was My Motivation.

It All Depends On How You Want To Define What An Mvp Is. I've Been Fortunate To Win The Trophy Four Times, But I've Been The Mvp Of My Team For A Long Time - Just Because Of The Way I Lead And The Way I Approach Us Being Professionals Off The Floor.

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.

A Kid With A Dream From Akron Ohio. Now Chopping It Up With The Prez. Life Is Good

Well, Of Course You Question It, Especially When You Get To This Point. I Always Look At It Would I Rather Not Make The Playoffs Or Lose In The Finals? I Don't Know. I Don't Know. I've Missed The Playoffs Twice. I Lost In The Finals Four Times. I'm Almost Starting To Be Like I'd Rather Not Even Make The Playoffs Than To Lose In The Finals. It Would Hurt A Lot Easier If I Just Didn't Make The Playoffs And I Didn't Have A Shot At It.

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The First Time I Stepped On An Nba Court I Became A Businessman.

I'm Going To Use All My Tools, My God-given Ability, And Make The Best Life I Can With It.

Cleveland Fans Are Awesome.

The Modern Athlete Is An Individual Corporation. I'm Not Quite Sure It's Very Good For Sport, Or Good For Team Work, Or Those Different Things That Sport Says It's About. This Is About Business.

Akron, Ohio, Is My Home. It Will Always Be Remembered. Akron, Ohio, Is My Life.

I Was A Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan Fan Growing Up.

I Have A Responsibility To Lead, In More Ways Than One, And I Take That Very Seriously.

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 Treated It Like Every Day Was My Last Day With A Basketball.

I Just Bring The Determination To Win.

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.

Basketball Is My Passion, I Love It. But My Family And Friends Mean Everything To Me. That's What's Important. I Need My Phone So I Can Keep In Contact With Them At All Times.

If They Are The League Ain't Doing A Good Job Of It.

In The Next 15 Or 20 Years, I Hope I'll Be The Richest Man In The World. That's One Of My Goals. I Want To Be A Billionaire. I Want To Get To A Position Where Generation On Generation Don't Have To Worry About Nothing. I Don't Want Family Members From My Kids To My Son's Kids To Never Have To Worry. And I Can't Do That Now Just Playing Basketball.

In This Fall - This Is Very Tough - In This Fall I'm Going To Take My Talents To South Beach And Join The Miami Heat.

You Can't Let Nobody Run Your Train.

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.

You Know, God Gave Me A Gift To Do Other Things Besides Play The Game Of Basketball.

The Same Way You Slow Me Down: … You Can’t.

Why Should I Care? I Have All The Money In The World.

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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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.

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.

I'm Not About Saving Franchises.

They Jumped On Us. They Were The Aggressor. They Had Us On Our Heels From The Beginning.

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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.

Maybe The Ones Burning My Jersey Were Never Lebron Fans Anyway.

You Know, My Family And Friends Have Never Been Yes-men: 'yes, You're Doing The Right Thing, You're Always Right.' No, They Tell Me When I'm Wrong, And That's Why I've Been Able To Stay Who I Am And Stay Humble.

I Never Get Too High On My Stardom Or What I Can Do.

I'm Like A Superhero. Call Me Basketball Man.

But Sports Carried Me Away From Being In A Gang, Or Being Associated With Drugs. Sports Was My Way Out.

I'm Under A Super Microscope. I've Got My Friends To Keep Me Cool. As Long As You've Got Friends, You've Got Nothing To Worry About.

A Team Like Golden State, When They Get Into A Rhythm They Make Shots.

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You Lose In The Finals, They're All Disappointing. Doesn't Matter If I'm Playing In Miami, Cleveland Or On Mars. You Lose The Finals, It's Disappointing.

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I Think, Team First. It Allows Me To Succeed, It Allows My Team To Succeed.

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.

This Is A Proud Moment For Our City. This Is The First Time We Have Won A Finals Game In This City, And I'm Happy To Be Part Of The History.

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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.

I Played Football For A Team Called The East Dragons On The East Side Of Town. We Only Had Six Regular Season Games. And Six Games I Played Tail Back And I Had 18 Touchdowns In Six Games. That's When I Knew I Had Some Athletic Ability.

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.

We Did What We Are Supposed To. We Protected Home. We Have To Try To Do It Again Thursday Night.

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I Expect Us To Win. I Expect Us To Get Better Every Day.

The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Was Losing Last Year In The Finals. I Had To Change.

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.

Every Night On The Court I Give My All, And If I'm Not Giving 100 Percent, I Criticize Myself.

There Are Some Teams And Logos You See, No Matter Where You Are In The World, And You Know Exactly Who They Are And What They Mean.

Be Doers Of The Word And Not Hearers Only, Deluding Yourselves.

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I Think The Reason Why I'm The Person Who I Am Today Is Because I Went Through Those Tough Times When I Was Younger.

Your Teammates Give You The Confidence. They Give Me The Confidence All Year, All Postseason.

But I Get A Thrill Out Of Bringing A Group Together And Helping Them Reach A Place They Didn’t Know They Could Go. I See Myself As A Mentor Now And I’m Excited To Lead Some Of These Talented Young Guys.

No Place Is Better Than Akron.

It's A Humbling Experience For Me To Be In This Position.

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Just Wanted To Inspire My Teammates. Obviously, I Didn't Do Enough.

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Warren Buffet Told Me Once And He Said Always Follow Your Gut. When You Have That Gut Feeling, You Have To Go With Don't Go Back On It.

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.

But Ever Since I Was A Kid, I Was Always The Winner.

You Have To Be Able To Accept Failure To Get Better.

I'm Taking My Talents To South Beach.

Sometimes The Coaches Tell Me To Be Selfish, But My Game Won't Let Me Be Selfish.

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'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.

I Took Hedo (turkoglu) In The First Game And Rashard (lewis) Hit The Winning Shot. I Took Rashard In The Second Game And Hedo Hit The Shot. If I Could Clone Myself, We'd Be All Right. But I Can't.

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.

I'm Not Going To Fight Because I Mean Too Much To Our Team, And I Can't Afford To Be Suspended For A Game Or Do Something Stupid To Get Me Kicked Out Of A Playoff Game.

As A Kid, We Would Drive Up And Down 77 North - That's Our Highway - There Would Be Office Buildings On The Side Of The Highway And I'd Be Like, That's What My House Is Going To Look Like When I Get Older. I'm Going To Start Making My House Look Like This.

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.'

I Like Criticism. It Makes You Strong.

Basketball Isn't Easy. All My Life I've Been Striving To Make Myself Better. It's A Full Time Commitment. To Be The Best, You Have To Work The Hardest. You Have To Chase What Seems Impossible Over And Over And Over Again, Because Giving Up Is Not An Option, And When You Feel Like You've Reached Your Limit, It's Only The Beginning, That's When The Time To Dig Deep, To Find The Courage To Push Some More, Because If You've Got The Drive, The Discipline, And The Resolve To Do What It Takes To Make Yourself Great, Then The Rewards Are Endless.

I Never Wanted To Leave Cleveland. My Heart Will Always Be In That Area - In A Perfect World I Would Have Loved To Stay.

I’m Lebron James, From Akron, Ohio, From The Inner City. I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here. That’s Enough. Every Night I Walk Into The Locker Room, I See A No. 6 With James On The Back, I’m Blessed. So What Everybody Says About Me Off The Court, Don’t Matter. I Ain’t Got No Worries.

You Have To Do What's Best For You And What's Going To Make You Happy At The End Of The Day, Because No One Can Live With The Consequences Or Anything That Comes With Your Decision Besides You.

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I'm A Winner...i'm A Competitor. That's What I Do. It Doesn't Make Sense For Me To Go Over And Shake Somebody's Hand.

I've Got Extra Motivation That I Won't Talk About Right Now.

My Relationship With Northeast Ohio Is Bigger Than Basketball. I Didn't Realize That Four Years Ago. I Do Now.

There's That Moment Every Morning When You Look In The Mirror: Are You Committed, Or Are You Not?

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?'

I Spoil A Lot Of People With My Play.

The Group Of Guys I Have... They Are Playing Off Straight Motivation.

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Commitment Is A Big Part Of What I Am And What I Believe. How Committed Are You To Winning? How Committed Are You To Being A Good Friend?

Crazy. Karma Is A B****. Gets You Every Time. Its Not Good To Wish Bad On Anybody. God Sees Everything!

Ask Me To Play. I'll Play. Ask Me To Shoot. I'll Shoot. Ask Me To Pass. I'll Pass. Ask Me To Steal, Block Out, Sacrifice, Lead, Dominate. Anything. But It's Not What You Ask Of Me. It's What I Ask Of Myself.

Everything Is Sore Right Now. Everything. I Look Like I'm Doing Okay But I Can't Wait To Get Home.

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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.

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.

My Childhood Was Never Great. We Moved From Place To Place A Lot. There Were Times When We Had No Definite Place To Stay. So, A Basic Level Of Security Was Not Always There. Therefore, When You Finally Make It Out, And You Become Who I Am, You're Humbled By The Memories Of Those Situations.

We Have An Opportunity To Get Better.

You Know, Softball Is The Other Sport I Do Besides Basketball.

There Are Always People Always Asking You For Something. But I Feel Like I Have A Foundation. I Have A Supporting Cast Where It Doesn't Bother Me Too Much.

My Dream Has Become A Reality Now, And It's The Best Feeling I've Ever Had.

But Put My Body Through A Lot, You Know, But It's The Price For Your Body Feeling This Way For Winning. Did I Win? I Didn't Win A Championship, But I've Done A Lot Of Good Things In This First Year Back, And Hopefully I Can Continue It.

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I've Been Watching Basketball For A Long Time, I'm A Historian Of The Game. I Don't Know Any Other Team That's Gotten To The Finals Without Two All-stars... I Cannot Remember Thinking Of It. I Don't Even Know If It's Ever Happened, For A Team To Lose Two All-stars And Still Be Able To Make It To The Finals.

You Know, I'm Just 6'9" And 260. And Just So Happen To Be Very Good At Playing The Game Of Basketball.

Hollywood Dishes Out Too Much Praise For Small Things I Won't Let It Get Me, But Too Much Praise Can Turn A Fellow's Head If He Doesn't Watch His Step.

We Defended. We Made Them Keep Tough Shots, And We Executed Offensively.

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I Was Blessed With A God-given Talent And My Mother Raised Me The Right Way.

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.

I Don't Want To Be Kobe, I Want To Be Lebron.

I Like Being Around People.

Tonight We Had Our Chances But We Ran Out Of Talent.

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I Enjoy The Competition And Whatever It Takes Throughout The Competition, I Will Do It.

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You Can't Be Afraid To Fail. It's The Only Way You Succeed - You're Not Gonna Succeed All The Time, And I Know That.

Teams Make It Tough On Us, We Make It Tough On Them. When You Have Two Well Coached Teams That Wanna Win, It's Going To Be A Competitive Game.

We Played Well All The Way Until, Like, The Second Quarter.

In Fourth Grade, I Missed 82 Days Of School. Out Of 160.

The Only Thing On My Mind Right Now Is Trying To Win The Whole Thing.

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 Didn't Think We'd Get To This Point That We're At Now, But I Was Ready To Lead If We Got To This Point.

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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.

Some Times Your Best Effort Just Isn't Good Enough.

Volleyball, I Could Be Pretty Good. After A Few Practices I Could Be That Striker, Or Whatever They Call It.

I Don't Know How Tall I Am Or How Much I Weigh. Because I Don't Want Anybody To Know My Identity. I'm Like A Superhero. Call Me Basketball Man.

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'm Not Promising A Championship. I Know How Hard That Is To Deliver. We're Not Ready Right Now.

We Ran Out Of Talent Tonight. The Guys Played As Hard As They Could, As Long As We Could.

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People Who Say "it Is Better To Have Loved And Lost Than Never To Have Loved At All" Never Felt A Broken Heart.

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