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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?

-LeBron James

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The Letter From Dan

LeBron James

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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?

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Cleveland Fans Are Awesome.

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I'm Ready To Accept The Challenge. I'm Coming 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.

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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.

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If A Great Opportunity Opens Itself Up, I Would Love To Be Involved... Or Star In A Movie.

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We Have An Opportunity To Get Better.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Know That I'm Better Solo. I Invented Solo.

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

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

It's Not Just Straight-line Speed. He's Got The Agility And The Quickness To Go With It. His Vision On The Field Is Phenomenal. It Just Opens The Playbook So Much As A Coach That I'm Really Looking Forward To It.

We Don't Want To Get Frustrated Because It Sticks In Your Mind Too Much. We Have To Work At It And See What We Did Wrong.

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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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.

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

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

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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.'

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

And Winning Is A Huge Thing For Me.

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

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I Can't Worry About What Other People Say.

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

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

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

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

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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