Top 200 LeBron James Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “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

152. “I like being around people.”

— LeBron James

153. “My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.”

— LeBron James

154. “I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional athletes. Everybody thinks it is a bed of roses and it’s not.”

— LeBron James

155. “A kid with a dream from Akron Ohio. Now chopping it up with the Prez. Life is Good.”

— LeBron James

156. “We hated Cleveland growing up. There’s a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.”

— LeBron James

157. “We don’t want to get frustrated because it sticks in your mind too much. We have to work at it and see what we did wrong.”

— LeBron James

158. “I’ve sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can’t figure things out all the time but keeps at it.”

— LeBron James

159. “We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.”

— LeBron James

160. “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

161. “We have to continue at a high level and make them take tough shots.”

— LeBron James

162. “I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.”

— LeBron James

163. “There’s no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly.”

— LeBron James

164. “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

165. “As a parent, if you have multiple kids, you can’t teach them all the same thing because they all have different personalities. They’re their own person.”

— LeBron James

166. “I’m very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.”

— LeBron James

167. “We were playing every game to win, we just happened to win 27 in a row. Our motto was to try and go out and win every game, but there’s nothing really to talk about.”

— LeBron James

168. “D-Wade is the unselfish guy here-he is welcoming Chris Bosh and LeBron James to his team.”

— LeBron James

169. “Just because we are back home, don’t get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it’s just us against everyone.”

— LeBron James

170. “It’s a lot of talent sitting in suits.”

— LeBron James

171. “I love showcasing my talents – not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.”

— LeBron James

172. “I didn’t think we’d get to this point that we’re at now, but I was ready to lead If we got to this point.”

— LeBron James

173. “I’m under a super microscope. I’ve got my friends to keep me cool. As long as you’ve got friends, you’ve got nothing to worry about.”

— LeBron James

174. “Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.”

— LeBron James

175. “Don’t think for one min that I haven’t been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!”

— LeBron James

176. “The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.”

— LeBron James

177. “I started thinking about what it would be like to raise my family in my hometown. I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland. The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy.”

— LeBron James

178. “A team can’t work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that.”

— LeBron James

179. “But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn’t know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I’m excited to lead some of these talented young guys.”

— LeBron James

180. “Tonight we had our chances but we ran out of talent.”

— LeBron James

181. “I’ve always been an unselfish guy, and that’s the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability – not only for myself but for my teammates.”

— LeBron James

182. “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

183. “When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first.”

— LeBron James

184. “No place is better than Akron.”

— LeBron James

185. “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

186. “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

187. “I was supposed to take the ball out. I told coach there’s no way I’m taking the ball out, unless I can shoot it over the backboard and it goes in. I told him, ‘Have somebody else take the ball out, give me the ball, and everybody get out of the way.’”

— LeBron James

188. “I’m not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We’re not ready right now.”

— LeBron James

189. “I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.”

— LeBron James

190. “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

191. “I’m not about saving franchises.”

— LeBron James

192. “A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots.”

— LeBron James

193. “If they are the league ain’t doing a good job of it.”

— LeBron James

194. “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

195. “Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.”

— LeBron James

196. “And winning is a huge thing for me.”

— LeBron James

197. “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

198. “We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.”

— LeBron James

199. “I’ve always been a leader. I’ve always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn’t always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team, but, I kind of knew what to do at times.”

— LeBron James

200. “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.”

— LeBron James