Lebron James Mind Of A Champion 5 Rules for Success & Greatest Quotes

Lebron James born December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio to a 16 year old mother Gloria James who raised him on her own, without a father figure and with his family struggling financially and having to move around a lot. James put all his focus into sport. Being called “the best high school basketball player in America” by writer Ryan Jones prior to his junior year. Lebron was selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team for an unprecedented three years in a row. Lebron was possibly the most hyped high school basketball player of all time.

Fast forward a decade and Lebron James has entered the debate of the greatest of all time which speaks volumes of the talent, dedication and hard work put in by James. So far Lebron has three championships & four NBA most valuable player awards, just a few highlights in a stacked trophy room.

Lebron James Greatest Quotes – The Mind Of A Champion

“Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world. 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?”

 

“But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.”

 

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

“Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.”

“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.”

“I think the reason why I am who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.”

“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.”

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

“My father wasn’t around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, ‘Why me? Why don’t I have a father?’ But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, ‘I don’t know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?”

“Every night on the court I give my all.”

“I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.”

“You gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally accomplish your dreams.”

“I like criticism. It makes you strong.”

“The best teacher in life is experience.”

“Nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.”

“I just do what I got to do and go out and be myself, on and off the court, and take care of my obligations. That’s generally your own destiny—knowing what you have to take care of.”