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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.

-LeBron James

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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.

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The Letter From Dan Gilbert, The Booing Of The Cleveland Fans, The Jerseys Being Burned -- Seeing All That Was Hard For Them. My Emotions Were More Mixed. It Was Easy To Say, 'ok, I Don't Want To Deal With These People Ever Again.' But Then You Think About The Other Side. What If I Were A Kid Who Looked Up To An Athlete, And That Athlete Made Me Want To Do Better In My Own Life, And Then He Left? How Would I React? I've Met With Dan, Face-to-face, Man-to-man. We've Talked It Out. Everybody Makes Mistakes. I've Made Mistakes As Well. Who Am I To Hold A Grudge?

Well, I Mean, To Me, I Think My Ultimate - My Ultimate Goal Is Winning Championships And - And I Understand That Me Going Down As One Of The Greats Will Not Happen Until I, You Know, Win A Championship.

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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It's Always A Struggle Growing Up In Akron.

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.

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

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

I Do Pilates And Yoga To Stay In Front Of The Curve. I Feel Like It's Helping Me. Does It Work For Everybody? I Don't Know. I'm Not A Guru On How To Be In The Best Condition. Let Me Sit Here And Tell You That. But It Works For Me.

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

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

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 Team Across The Way, You Tip Your Hat To Them. They Did A Great Job. It Showed In These Finals.

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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.

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? To Being Trustworthy? To Being Successful? How Committed Are You To Being A Good Father, A Good Teammate, A Good Role Model? There's That Moment Every Morning When You Look In The Mirror: Are You Committed, Or Are You Not?

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

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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.

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.

Where I Grew Up - I Grew Up On The North Side Of Akron, Lived In The Projects. So Those Scared And Lonely Nights - That's Every Night. You Hear A Lot Of Police Sirens, You Hear A Lot Of Gunfire. Things That You Don't Want Your Kids To Hear Growing Up.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Cleveland Fans Are Awesome.

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

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

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.

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

I Like Being Around People.

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'm Going To Take My Talents To South Beach.

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

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.

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

The Best Teacher In Life Is Experience.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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'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.

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.

We Have An Opportunity To Get Better.

Maybe My Pain Was My Motivation.

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.

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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.

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

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