I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.

You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school.

I don't read books much.

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.

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

I'm just a little kid from Akron.

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.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

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

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.

 I think team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

“You have to be able to accept failure to get better.”

“People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you.” 

“You hate makes me stronger.” 

“Maybe my pain was my motivation.” 

"Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” 

"Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”

“No matter how good one individual is, it takes a whole team to win a championship.

“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?” 

“When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.” 

“I laugh and joke, but I don’t get distracted very easily.” 

"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.” 

"To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win.” 

I hate letting my teammates down.

“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.” 

"I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.” 

“Winning is a huge thing for me.” 

“As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you – but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.”

“My dream has become a reality now, and it’s the best feeling I’ve ever had.” 

All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough. They will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no. A thousand times no. until all the no’s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no. Quite firmly and very quickly. And you will tell them yes.

“I don’t need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don’t excite me. I’m just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.”

Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you’re automatically a role model… I have no problem being a role model, I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.

“I hear that word pressure all the time. 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.”

This is a job and we want to have fun. But it’s a job and we should look like we’re going to work.

Something just doesn’t pop under your nose; you have to work for it.

Sometimes your best effort just isn’t good enough.

“I feel my calling here goes above basketball.” 

“You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‘Yes, you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.’No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble.”