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I'm Feeling Better After The Game Than I Did When I Came Off The Floor With Cramps. ... I Was Going To Try To Give It A Go, And 'spo Said 'no.' You Know, After I Came Out Of The Game, They Kind Of Took Off. And It Was Frustrating Sitting Out And Not Being Able To Help The Team.

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LeBron James

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I'm Feeling Better After The Game Than I Did When I Came Off The Floor With Cramps. ... I Was Going To Try To Give It A Go, And 'spo Said 'no.' You Know, After I Came Out Of The Game, They Kind Of Took Off. And It Was Frustrating Sitting Out And Not Being Able To Help The Team.

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I Started Thinking About What It Would Be Like To Raise My Family In My Hometown. I Looked At Other Teams, But I Wasn't Going To Leave Miami For Anywhere Except Cleveland. The More Time Passed, The More It Felt Right. This Is What Makes Me Happy.

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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.

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I Told Myself If I Ever Made It To The Level I Want To Be At, I'm Gonna Give Back.

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I've Always Been An Unselfish Guy, And That's The Only Way I Know How To Play On The Court And I Try To Play To The Maximum Of My Ability - Not Only For Myself But For My Team-mates.

I Make Impact Plays. I Make Game-changing Plays.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Individual Achievement

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

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

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.

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

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.

I Have Short Goals - To Get Better Every Day, To Help My Teammates Every Day - But My Only Ultimate Goal Is To Win An Nba Championship. It's All That Matters. I Dream About It. I Dream About It All The Time, How It Would Look, How It Would Feel. It Would Be So Amazing.

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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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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.

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.

Yoga Isn't Just About The Body, It's Also About The Mind And It's A Technique That Has Really Helped Me.

Sometimes In The Past When I Played Something Might Make Me Lose Focus, Or I Would Go Home After A Game Where I Thought I Could Have Played Better And I Would Let It Hang Over My Head For A Long Time When It Shouldn't.

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

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

I've Put Our Guys In Position. I Gave Them The Blueprint. I Think They're Ready.

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.

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 Need Music. It's Like My Heartbeat, So To Speak. It Keeps Me Going No Matter What's Going On - Bad Games, Press, Whatever!

To All The Positions, I Just Bring The Determination To Win. Me Being An Unselfish Player, I Think That Can Carry On To My Teammates. When You Have One Of The Best Players On The Court Being Unselfish, I Think That Transfers To The Other Players.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

We Have An Opportunity To Get Better.

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

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

Humbling Experiences

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 Love Seeing My Teammates Succeed. That's What I Get More Excited About Than Anything

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.

For Me, Already Being Part Of A Single Parent Household And Knowing It Was Just Me And My Mom, You'd Would Wake Up Times And Hope That The Next Day You'd Be Able To Be Alongside Your Mother Because She Was Out Trying To Make Sure That I Was Taken Care Of. But All I Cared About Was Her Being Home.

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

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.

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

I Don't Read Books Much.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

A Lot Of People Were Saying That I Was A Selfish Person And A Selfish Player. You Know, It Got To Me.

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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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.

There's No Encyclopedia Or Book About Parenthood. You Learn On The Fly.

In Northeast Ohio, Nothing Is Given. Everything Is Earned. You Work For What You Have.

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.

Once You Get On The Playing Field It's Not About Whether You're Liked Or Not Liked. All That Matters Is To Play At A High Level And Do Whatever It Takes To Help Your Team Win. That's What It's About.

My Favorite Thing About Being A Father Is Just Seeing My Kids Grow And Do Some Of The Same Things That I Did When I Was A Kid, Man.

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

I'm Very, Very Confident In My Ability To See The Game - Even Before It's Played.

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

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

I Spoil A Lot Of People With My Play.

The Best Teacher In Life Is Experience.

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

No Place Is Better Than Akron.

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

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

If I Could Clone Myself, We’d Be All Right. But I Can’t.

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

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