LeBron James Quotes

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Cleveland fans are awesome.

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?

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

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

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

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'm taking my talents to South Beach.

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.

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

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

I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

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.

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.

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.

I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

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.

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

I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.

The best teacher in life is experience.

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.

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

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

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

We have an opportunity to get better.

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

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

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.

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

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

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

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.

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

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

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

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

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

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.

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

I'm just a little kid from Akron.

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

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

I just bring the determination to win.

I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates.