LeBron James Quotes

“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 have to be able to accept failure to get better.”

“Nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.”

“I like criticism. It makes you strong.”

“When I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.”

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

“I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.”

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

“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.”

“As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you, but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.”

“I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.”

“Sometimes in the past, 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.”

“I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.”

“I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.”

“I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.”

“My family and friends have never been yes-men. They tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.”

“I'm just a little kid from Akron.”

“Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life.”

“No place is better than Akron.”

“Where I grew up, on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights, that's every night. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.”

“When I was 5, I moved seven times in a year. My mom would always say, "Don't get comfortable, because we may not be here long."

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

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

“My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.”

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