LeBron James Quotes
Sometimes, listening to LeBron James can be difficult.
It sometimes seems like the most conceited words come out of his mouth as he tries to discuss how he fits within basketball’s history.
Other times, he sounds appreciative of his God-given skills and is trying to reach to help others in his capacity as a leader and role-model.
However, there’s no doubting that LeBron James is a superior athlete and a great joy to watch. Being as young as he is, he should provide us great games for years to come.
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LeBron James Quotes (1-5)
“Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won’t let me be selfish.”“With that locker room I could sleep there after games.”“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.”“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.”“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. 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.”LeBron James Quotes (6-10)
“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 will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.”“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.”“I’ve always been a leader. I’ve always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn’t always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team, but, I kind of knew what to do at times.”“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.”LeBron James Quotes (11-15)
“I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.”“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.”“I’m the next O.J.”“I don’t want to be Kobe, I want to be LeBron.”“My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.”LeBron James Quotes (16-20)
“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.”“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.”“That’s all our team is about. If we stop people, we’re the most athletic team in this whole tournament and we can get out and get easy buckets.”“There’s no reason to play in the NBA if you don’t believe you can win it all.”“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.”LeBron James Quotes (21-25)
“I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice.I know the ins and outs of everything.”“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.”“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 was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.”“I’m not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.”LeBron James Quotes (26-30)
“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’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.”“I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I’m gonna give back.”“A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don’t know how to play the game, if you know what I mean. They can put the ball in the hoop, but I see things before they even happen. You know how a guy can make his team so much better? That’s one thing I learned from watching Jordan.”“I’m like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.”LeBron James Quotes (31-35)
“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.”“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.”“You can’t let nobody run your train.”“I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.”“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.”LeBron James Quotes (36)
“Ask me to play. I’ll play. Ask me to shoot. I’ll shoot.
Ask me to pass. I’ll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate. Anything. But it’s not what you ask of me. It’s what I ask of myself.”END: LeBron James Quotes
