1- “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
2- “It’s not just straight-line speed. He’s got the agility and the quickness to go with it. His vision on the field is phenomenal. It just opens the playbook so much as a coach that I’m really looking forward to it.” -Lebron James
3- “Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or 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.” -Lebron James
4- “Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.” -Lebron James
5- “I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.” -Lebron James
6- “You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.” -Lebron James
7- “Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won’t let me be selfish.” -Lebron James
8- “To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, ‘Give me the ball.’ We’re either going to go to overtime or I’m going to win it for us. It was that simple.” -Lebron James
7- “Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you’re automatically a role model… I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.” -Lebron James
8- “My family is happy. That makes my job a lot easier. For the fans, I try to put it all out there on the floor.” -Lebron James
9- “I’m a leader. I’m the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that’s not just scoring-wise, I do other things.” -Lebron James
10- “I’m a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts.” -Lebron James
11- “Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I’ve looked up to my whole life.” -Lebron James
12- “I don’t know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.” -Lebron James
13- “I’m not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.” -Lebron James
14- “It just wasn’t our time.” -Lebron James
15- “I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.” -Lebron James
17- “I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.” -Lebron James
18- “That’s all our team is about. If we stop people, we’re the most athletic team in this whole tournament and we can get out and get easy buckets.” -Lebron James
19- “If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had” -Lebron James
20- “I don’t let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get a big lead. We were able to take it in overtime and win.” -Lebron James
21- “We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.” -Lebron James
22- “I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.” -Lebron James
23- “It would be easier if I didn’t even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is.” -Lebron James
24- “Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn’t get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.” -Lebron James
25- “You lose in the Finals, they’re all disappointing. Doesn’t matter if I’m playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it’s disappointing.” -Lebron James
26- “This is a job and we want to have fun. But it’s a job and we should look like we’re going to work.” -Lebron James
27- “These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.” -Lebron James
28- “I don’t want to be Kobe, I want to be LeBron.” -Lebron James
29- “But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I’m lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it.” -Lebron James
30- “There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?” -Lebron James
31- “The same way you slow me down. You can’t.” -Lebron James
32- “Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It’s not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It’s just how I am.” -Lebron James
33- “If you put everything together as far as my mind, my body, my game. If you put everything in one bottle, this is probably the best I’ve been.” -Lebron James
34- “I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I’m gonna give back.” -Lebron James
35- “I feel confident because I’m the best player in the world. It’s that simple.” -Lebron James
36- “I laugh and joke, but I don’t get distracted very easily.” -Lebron James
37- “I wouldn’t feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I’m here to win a team prize, and that’s to win a championship, not an individual prize.” -Lebron James
38- “I learn from winning, because it’s much easier to point out things when you lose. But I think the alternate competitors can point out a lot of things when you win.” -Lebron James
39- “Tonight we had our chances but we ran out of talent.” -Lebron James
40- “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.” -Lebron James
41- “That team across the way, you tip your hat to them. They did a great job. It showed in these Finals.” -Lebron James
42- “The modern athlete is an individual corporation. I’m not quite sure it’s very good for sport, or good for team work, or those different things that sport says it’s about. This is about business.” -Lebron James
43- “It’s a lot of talent sitting in suits.” -Lebron James
44- “I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.” -Lebron James
45- “This is a proud moment for our city. This is the first time we have won a Finals game in this city, and I’m happy to be part of the history.” -Lebron James
46- “I love the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I’ve just always cared more about that since I started playing.” -Lebron James
47- “We aren’t comfortable. We are not satisfied. We have to stay even-keeled.” -Lebron James
48- “The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.” -Lebron James
49- “The best thing that ever happened to me was losing last year in the Finals. I had to change.” -Lebron James
50- “In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.” -Lebron James
51- “Know that I’m better solo. I invented solo.” -Lebron James
52- “I never thought basketball was going to be my future. I just wanted to play because it gets you girls.” -Lebron James
53- “I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.” -Lebron James
54- “I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.” -Lebron James
55- “I think the reason why I’m the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.” -Lebron James
56- “Certain money is not always good money. It could be just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. I mean, if you have your priorities in check then for the most part it’s easy.” -Lebron James
57- “My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.” -Lebron James
58- “Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry.” -Lebron James
59- “Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.” -Lebron James
60- “Losing a basketball game hurts but when you see what you’ve been through, you look on it and say well if this is the worst thing that can happen to me, then I’m okay.” -Lebron James
61- “Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.” -Lebron James
62- “It’s hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than high school. It’s competitive, and that’s what I most love about it.” -Lebron James
63- “I just bring the determination to win.” -Lebron James
64- “I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates.” -Lebron James
65- “In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.” -Lebron James
66- “My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn’t realize that four years ago. I do now.” -Lebron James
67- “I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.” -Lebron James
68- “I’m ready to accept the challenge. I’m coming home.” -Lebron James
69- “You have to be able to accept failure to get better.” -Lebron James
70- “Why should I care? I have all the money in the world.” -Lebron James
71- “You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.” -Lebron James
72- “I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there.” -Lebron James
73- “With that locker room I could sleep there after games.” -Lebron James
74- “I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.” -Lebron James
75- “When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.” -Lebron James
76- “I like criticism. It makes you strong.” -Lebron James
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