Lebron James Quotes

"Everything you do is a preparation for the next step. If you don't take the step, you don't get the result."

"It's hard to get to the top. It's even harder to stay there."

"Consistency is what separates the good from the great. Doing it once is easy; doing it forever is hard."

"Pressure is a privilege. It means people expect something great from you."

"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."

"I have short-term goals — to get better every day, to help my teammates every day — but my ultimate goal is to win."

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

"I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed—because I kept acting."

"Every day is a new opportunity to be better than you were yesterday. Don't waste the chance to act."

"I’m going to do whatever it takes to help this team win, whether it’s scoring, rebounding, or just being a leader."

"I like criticism. It makes you strong. It forces you to take action and prove people wrong."

"Strive for greatness is my motto."

"Don't be afraid of the spotlight. If you've done the work, you belong there."

"I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me."

"I don’t want to be a one-hit wonder. I want to be a legend who took action every single year."

"I treat every game like it’s my last because you never know when the game could be taken away from you."

"I'm going to use all my tools, my ability and make the best life I can with the actions I take every day."

"I've always been a leader. I've always been kind of the tallest, the strongest."

"There is no such thing as a perfect game. You just have to go out there and work until the final buzzer."

"Don't be afraid to be great."

"Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. I live by that every single day I step onto the floor."

"Everything I've been through, the adversity and the hard times, has actually given me more confidence."

"Success isn't owned, it's leased. And rent is due every day."

"Maybe my pain was my motivation. I used it to fuel my actions and get out of the situation I was in."

"You have to be mentally prepared for the ups and downs of a long season."

"My game is really played above the rim."

"You have to have a short memory in this game. You can't let the last play affect the next one."

"I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball, so I put in the work required to stay on top."

"I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously."

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

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

"Believing in yourself is the first step to achieving anything."

"My mind is always working, even when I'm sleeping, looking for that edge."