Top 263 Quotes & Sayings by LeBron James - Page 2

I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.

No place is better than Akron.

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 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.

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.

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.'

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.

I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

Cleveland fans are awesome.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

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.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

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 teammates.

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 the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I've just always cared more about that since I started playing.

People who say "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" never felt a broken heart.

I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.

I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple.

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.

That's one of my biggest obstacles. I'm afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing.

A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.

You can't let nobody run your train.

It's a humbling experience for me to be in this position.

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 always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there.

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

That's crazy, because I had no idea what the word 'contraction' meant before I saw it on the Internet.

I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home.

If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had

I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously.

I can't worry about what other people say.

All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point.

We have an opportunity to get better.

There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?

Some times your best effort just isn't good enough.

The best teacher in life is experience.

My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now.

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.

I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts.

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.

Maybe my pain was my motivation.

I'm taking my talents to South Beach.

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

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.

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

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 just bring the determination to win.

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?

Basketball isn't easy. All my life I've been striving to make myself better. It's a full time commitment. To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you've reached your limit, it's only the beginning, that's when the time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more, because if you've got the drive, the discipline, and the resolve to do what it takes to make yourself great, then the rewards are endless.

In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.

Yoga isn't just about the body, it's also about the mind and it's a technique that has really helped me.

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.

My dream has become a reality now, and it's the best feeling I've ever had.

As a man, if you got a problem with somebody, you sit down face to face and you talk to them eye to eye. And you hash it out and move on.

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.

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.

Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.

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.

The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing.