LeBron James quotes: enjoy these sayings from King James.
“We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.”
“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.”
“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 just what you ask of me. It’s what I ask of myself.”
“I think, team first. It allows me to succeed; it allows my team to succeed.”
“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 and ask yourself if you’re committed or not.”
“My dream has become a reality now and it’s the best feeling I’ve ever had.”
“I laugh and I joke, but I don’t get distracted very easily.”
“Every night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100% I criticize myself.”
“It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.”
“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’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.”
“Warren Buffett told me once, ‘Always follow your gut.’ When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with it.”
“Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s all about.”
“I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.”
“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.”
“I think the reason why I am who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.”
“I like criticism. It makes you strong.”
“To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry over to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.”
“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.”
“All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough. They will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no. A thousand times, no. Until all the nos become meaningless. And you will tell them yes.”
“I don’t need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don’t excite me. I’m just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.”
“I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.”
It’s only right to read Michael Jordan quotes next, you know.
