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315 Basketball player Quotes

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

Court Criticize Every EveryNight
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I don't read books much

Books Much Read
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Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

AllYear Confidence Give GiveMe
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I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
Am Family Happy IAm
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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.

Care Feel Game IFeel
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As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get older. I'm going to start making my house look like this.

Buildings Down Drive Get
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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.

Championship Championships Down Goal
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Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.
Anyway Burning Fans Jersey
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I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.
Get High ICan Never
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Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school.

Always Here High HighSchool
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When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

Did First Had IThink
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But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

Associated Away Being Carried
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I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.

Bulls Chicago Fan Growing
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I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
First IThink Me Succeed
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You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Able Accept Better Failure
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You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

Basketball Besides Game Gave
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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.

Able Dash Field ILove
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Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

After Call Could Few
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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.

Afford Because Fight Game
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Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

Being Definitely Fast Grow
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I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.

Distracted Easily Get Joke
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If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.
Great GreatOpportunity Involved Itself
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I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

Bunch Comedy Could Funny
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No place is better than Akron.
Better Place Than
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I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.

Friends Get Hear Honestly
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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.

After Better Could Focus
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But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

About Any Being Ever
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And winning is a huge thing for me

Huge HugeThing Me Thing
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But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
Always Ever Kid Since
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I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

Basketball Championships Every Fulfilled
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Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it.

Always Back Feeling Follow
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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?

City Grow GrowUp Household
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I'm just a little kid from Akron.

Just Kid Little LittleKid
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Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life.

Always Home Life MyLife
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I went through a lot of battles in high school.
Battles High HighSchool Lot
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I like criticism. It makes you strong.

Criticism Like Makes Strong
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I like being around people.

Around Being Like People
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I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

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

Guard Point PointGuard Stop
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I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.

Aggressiveness Court Get Hoop
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I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

Always Better Correct Day
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When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
Comfortable Lot Makes More
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I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

Championships Going Out Playing
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I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

Am Anybody Basketball Because
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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.'

Always Apartment Because Comfortable
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In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

Days Fourth Grade Missed
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I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
Basketball Day Every EveryDay
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The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

Became Businessman Court First
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When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun.

Active Anything Because Doing
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I'm confident with my ability.

Ability Confident
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