I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.
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.
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.
But put my body through a lot, you know, but it's the price for your body feeling this way for winning. Did I win? I didn't win a championship, but I've done a lot of good things in this first year back, and hopefully I can continue it.
Tonight we had our chances but we ran out of talent.
That team across the way, you tip your hat to them. They did a great job. It showed in these Finals.
It's a lot of talent sitting in suits.
I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.
Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the playoffs or lose in The Finals? I don't know. I don't know. I've missed the playoffs twice. I lost in The Finals four times. I'm almost starting to be like I'd rather not even make the playoffs than to lose in The Finals. It would hurt a lot easier if I just didn't make the playoffs and I didn't have a shot at it.
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.
We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.
Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.
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.
We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.
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.
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.
A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots.
I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts.
These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.
We have to continue at a high level and make them take tough shots.
I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.
As loud as fans were , they need to go home now and start soaking up a lot of tea, drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours, whatever the case may be, 'cause they need to be just as loud Thursday night.
The group of guys I have... They are playing off straight motivation.
I'm a guy who is just trying to be successful in whatever I do, and I give everything to my teammates, give everything to the coaching staff. When you fall short, it hurts and it eats at you, and it hurts me to know that I wish I could have done better and done more and just put a little bit more effort or whatever the case may be to help us get over the hump. But it just wasn't our time.
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.
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