LeBron James

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

“I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.”

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

“I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.”

“I'm just a little kid from Akron.”

“When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

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

“I went through a lot of battles in high school.”

“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.”

“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?”

“I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.”