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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.'

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LeBron James
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: December 30
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.
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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 team-mates.
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You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.
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Why should I care? I have all the money in the world.
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My childhood was never great. We moved from place to place a lot. There were times when we had no definite place to stay. So, a basic level of security was not always there. Therefore, when you finally make it out, and you become who I am, you're humbled by the memories of those situations.
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We did what we are supposed to. We protected home. We have to try to do it again Thursday night.
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I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.
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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.
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I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.
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The best teacher in life is experience.
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You know, softball is the other sport I do besides basketball.
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But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
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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.
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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.
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I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy? Tracy replied, What am I supposed to do, play Bogart? You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.
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But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court.
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