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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.

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LeBron James

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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.

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

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

The Best Option For Me To Do Was Not To Move. I Tried, And Any Little Nudge Or Step, It The Cramping Would Get Worse. It Was The Whole Left Leg ... Nearly The Whole Left Side. ... I Drank A Lot Of Fluids At Halftime. I Even Changed My Uniform.

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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.

No Place Is Better Than Akron.

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 Went Through A Lot Of Battles In High School.

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.

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.

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

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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.'

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 Become A Champion As A Team. I Understand That. I Know The History Of The Game.

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

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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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.

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

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

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!

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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.

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

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

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I Got A Goal, And It's A Huge Goal, And That's To Bring An Nba Championship Here To Cleveland, And I Won't Stop Until I Get It.

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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 Just Bring The Determination To Win.

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.

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

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I'm Taking My Talents To South Beach.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

As A Parent, If You Have Multiple Kids, You Can't Teach Them All The Same Thing Because They All Have Different Personalities. They're Their Own Person.

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

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

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

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 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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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.

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.

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

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

I Hear My Friends And My Mom Tell Me I'm Special, But Honestly, I Still Don't Get It.

When I Miss You, Sometimes I Listen To Music Or Look At Pictures Of You, Not To Remind Me Of You But To Make Me Feel As If I'm With You. It Makes Me Forget The Distance And Capture You.

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I Mean, When You Grow Up In The Inner City And You Grow Up In A Single-parent Household, That's - Those Are Humbling Times, You Know?

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.

And Winning Is A Huge Thing For Me.

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.

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.

We Aren't Comfortable. We Are Not Satisfied. We Have To Stay Even-keeled.

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There Is No Room For Donald Sterling In Our League - There Is No Room For Him.

I Don't Read Books Much.

When Did I Know I Had Talent? I Think It Started When I First Started Playing Sports, Organized Sports.

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.

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.

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.

I'm Just A Little Kid From Akron.

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

I Don't Know Any Other Other Team That Got To The Finals Without Two All Stars.

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Maybe My Pain Was My Motivation.

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.

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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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.

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

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

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.

I Can't Worry About What Other People Say.

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

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

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

I Just Do What I Got To Do And Go Out And Be Myself, On And Off The Court, And Take Care Of My Obligations. That's Generally Your Own Destiny-knowing What You Have To Take Care Of.

I Was So Used To Going Out And Winning State Championships And Playing In The Postseason.

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

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

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

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

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

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