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" I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game. "
LeBron James
Me
Team
Stupid
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I'm just a little kid from Akron. "
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Akron
Little
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" I do have motivation. A lot of motivation. "
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" 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. "
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Afraid
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" 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. "
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Care
" It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. "
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Struggle
Growing Up
Growing
" The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. "
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Time
First
First Time
" You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball. "
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Game
Good
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.' "
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Living
Long
Mom
" You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball. "
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Gift
Game
Basketball
" I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays. "
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Impact
Plays
Make
" Cleveland fans are awesome. "
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Cleveland
Awesome
Fans
" 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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Ahead
Saying
Say
" But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. "
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Out
Way
Me
" I like being around people. "
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Like
Being
Around
" I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world. "
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Hometown
World
Team
" I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. "
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Laugh
Joke
Get
" I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it. "
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Want
Stop
Guard
" 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. "
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Professional
Said
You
" My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?' "
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I Am
Father
Mother
" There are always people always asking you for something. But I feel like I have a foundation. I have a supporting cast where it doesn't bother me too much. "
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Me
People
You
" I don't read books much. "
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Read
Much
Books
" Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times. "
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Family
Passion
Need
" In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160. "
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Missed
Out
School
" I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it. "
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I Can
Life
Tools
" I'm confident with my ability. "
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Ability
Confident
" 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? "
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Know
You
City
" But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. "
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Since
Always
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