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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.

-LeBron James

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LeBron James

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

I Can't Worry About What Other People Say.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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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And Winning Is A Huge Thing For Me.

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

I Like Criticism. It Makes You Strong.

I'm A Guy Who Is Just Trying To Be Successful In Whatever I Do, And I Give Everything To My Teammates, Give Everything To The Coaching Staff. When You Fall Short, It Hurts And It Eats At You, And It Hurts Me To Know That I Wish I Could Have Done Better And Done More And Just Put A Little Bit More Effort Or Whatever The Case May Be To Help Us Get Over The Hump. But It Just Wasn't Our Time.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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A Team Can't Work When A Guy Puts Himself In Front Of A Team. I Have Yet To Be On A Team Like That.

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

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.

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

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I Do Have Motivation. A Lot Of Motivation.

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

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.

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.

The Best Teacher In Life Is Experience.

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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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?

Once You Become A Professional Athlete Or Once You Do Anything Well, Then You're Automatically A Role Model ... I Have No Problem Being A Role Model. I Love It. I Have Kids Looking Up To Me And Hopefully I Inspire These Kids To Do Good Things.

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.

I'm Confident With My Ability.

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

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

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 Was A Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan Fan Growing Up.

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

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 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.

The End Of The Day

No Place Is Better Than Akron.

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.

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!

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

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

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

That's Crazy, Because I Had No Idea What The Word 'contraction' Meant Before I Saw It On The Internet.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I'm Not About Saving Franchises.

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

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

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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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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 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.

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

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