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" Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. "
LeBron James
Grow
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" In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160. "
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" I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it. "
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" It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. "
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" No place is better than Akron. "
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" I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. "
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" 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. "
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" The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. "
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" I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up. "
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" 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 about. "
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