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.
— LeBron James
I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.
Cleveland fans are awesome.
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.
I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school.
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.
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.
As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get older. I'm going to start making my house look like this.
Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.
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.
You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.
I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.
Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.
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.
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.
I don't read books much.
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
