My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now.
I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home.
I like criticism. It makes you strong.
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.
You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
I don't want to be Kobe, I want to be LeBron.
Ask me to play. I'll play. Ask me to shoot. I'll shoot. Ask me to pass. I'll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate. Anything. But it's not what you ask of me. It's what I ask of myself.
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.
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.
A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don't know how to play the game, if you know what I mean. They can put the ball in the hoop, but I see things before they even happen. You know how a guy can make his team so much better? That's one thing I learned from watching Jordan.
I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.
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.
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.
With that locker room I could sleep there after games.
My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.
You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
Basketball isn't easy. All my life I've been striving to make myself better. It's a full time commitment. To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you've reached your limit, it's only the beginning, that's when the time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more, because if you've got the drive, the discipline, and the resolve to do what it takes to make yourself great, then the rewards are endless.
If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.
I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready.
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.
I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.
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