LeBron James
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone Jamesis an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. James has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has also been selected to 12 NBA All-Star teams, 12 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams, and is the Cavaliers' all-time leading scorer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth30 December 1984
CityAkron, OH
CountryUnited States of America
We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.
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.
I'm a winner...I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand,
We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.
The letter from Dan Gilbert, the booing of the Cleveland fans, the jerseys being burned -- seeing all that was hard for them. My emotions were more mixed. It was easy to say, 'OK, I don't want to deal with these people ever again.' But then you think about the other side. What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left? How would I react? I've met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man. We've talked it out. Everybody makes mistakes. I've made mistakes as well. Who am I to hold a grudge?
James also revealed he and his teammates smoked marijuana one night after getting access to a hotel room in Akron.
I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.
Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.
Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.
I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.
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?
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.'
I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.
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.