110+ LeBron James Quotes On Success, Failure And Hard Work

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time and has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, four Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. He is also the only player in NBA history to have won the NBA championship, NBA MVP Award, and Olympic gold medal in the same year. Following is our collection on famous quotes by LeBron James on leadership, success, failure.

Top 10 LeBron James Quotes

1. Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.
2. 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.
3. Cleveland fans are awesome.
4. In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.
5. I'm taking my talents to South Beach.
6. I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there.
7. I like criticism. It makes you strong.
8. I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home.
9. You have to do what's best for you and what's going to make you happy at the end of the day, because no one can live with the consequences or anything that comes with your decision besides you.
10. There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?

LeBron James Image Quotes

Cleveland fans are awesome. — LeBron James

I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there. — LeBron James

I like criticism. It makes you strong. — LeBron James

LeBron James Short Quotes

• The best teacher in life is experience.
• You have to be able to accept failure to get better.
• I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
• Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
• I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts.
• I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.
• I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
• In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.
• I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
• I just bring the determination to win.

LeBron James Quotes About Basketball

Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am. — LeBron James

My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing. — LeBron James

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

With that locker room I could sleep there after games. — LeBron James

I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life. — LeBron James

Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where I ran. It’s where I cried. It’s where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. — LeBron James

I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. — LeBron James

LeBron James Quotes About Love

I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world. — LeBron James

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

People who say "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" never felt a broken heart. — LeBron James

I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates. — LeBron James

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that. — LeBron James

I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it. — LeBron James

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

I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them. — LeBron James

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here. — LeBron James

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times. — LeBron James

LeBron James Quotes About Teammates

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. — LeBron James

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players. — LeBron James

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

The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go. — LeBron James

I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they think I should do. That doesn't make me happy. What makes me happy is being able to make plays for my teammates, to be able to represent the name on the back of my jersey. — LeBron James

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

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason. — LeBron James

James also revealed he and his teammates smoked marijuana one night after getting access to a hotel room in Akron. — LeBron James

Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough. — LeBron James

I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything — LeBron James

LeBron James Quotes About Akron

I’m LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio, from the inner city. I’m not even supposed to be here. That’s enough. Every night I walk into the locker room, I see a No. 6 with James on the back, I’m blessed. So what everybody says about me off the court, don’t matter. I ain’t got no worries. — LeBron James

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

It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. — LeBron James

Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up. — LeBron James

A kid with a dream from Akron Ohio. Now chopping it up with the Prez. Life is Good — LeBron James

I'm just a little kid from Akron. — LeBron James

No place is better than Akron. — LeBron James

Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life. — LeBron James

LeBron James Quotes About Feel

When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I'm with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

I'm feeling better after the game than I did when I came off the floor with cramps. ... I was going to try to give it a go, and 'Spo said 'No.' You know, after I came out of the game, they kind of took off. And it was frustrating sitting out and not being able to help the team. — LeBron James

I do Pilates and yoga to stay in front of the curve. I feel like it's helping me. Does it work for everybody? I don't know. I'm not a guru on how to be in the best condition. Let me sit here and tell you that. But it works for me. — LeBron James

There are always people always asking you for something. But I feel like I have a foundation. I have a supporting cast where it doesn't bother me too much. — LeBron James

I feel confident because I’m the best player in the world. It’s that simple. — LeBron James

My dream has become a reality now, and it's the best feeling I've ever had. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone. — LeBron James

LeBron James Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — LeBron James

Cleveland fans are awesome. — LeBron James

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win. — LeBron James

I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there. — LeBron James

I like criticism. It makes you strong. — LeBron James

In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat. — LeBron James

Once you squeeze toothpaste out, you can't put it back into the tube. The same is true with our words. Once we say something hurtful, we can't take it back — LeBron James

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. — LeBron James

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

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it. — LeBron James

As loud as fans were , they need to go home now and start soaking up a lot of tea, drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours, whatever the case may be, 'cause they need to be just as loud Thursday night. — LeBron James

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me. — LeBron James

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? — LeBron James

It's not just straight-line speed. He's got the agility and the quickness to go with it. His vision on the field is phenomenal. It just opens the playbook so much as a coach that I'm really looking forward to it. — LeBron James

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? — LeBron James

As a society how do we do better and stop things like this happening time after time!! I’m so sorry to these families. Violence is not the answer people. Retaliation isn’t the solution as well. — LeBron James

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? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' 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?' — LeBron James

The same way you slow me down: … You can’t. — LeBron James

Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry. — LeBron James

I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone. — LeBron James

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress. — LeBron James

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. — LeBron James

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. — LeBron James

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

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know? — LeBron James

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

And winning is a huge thing for me. — LeBron James

I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

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

I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up. — LeBron James

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

It would be easier if I didn't even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is. — LeBron James

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. — LeBron James

In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball. — LeBron James

There's no encyclopedia or book about parenthood. You learn on the fly. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

I'm going to take my talents to South Beach. — LeBron James

There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly who they are and what they mean. — LeBron James

That's one of my biggest obstacles. I'm afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing. — LeBron James

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

I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. — LeBron James

I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop. — LeBron James

To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple. — LeBron James

A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots. — LeBron James

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way. — LeBron James

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it. — LeBron James

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. — LeBron James

I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals. — LeBron James

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it. — LeBron James

I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now. — LeBron James

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

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightaway forgetteth what manner of man he was. — LeBron James

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

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable. — LeBron James

It's hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than high school. It's competitive, and that's what I most love about it. — LeBron James

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. — LeBron James

He reminds me of Michael Jordan. "You look and they have similar games where they want to lead their team to victory, no matter if they have to shoot the ball every time or if they have to rebound or pass, they're going to find a way to win." I've always said that Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in our game today and he's definitely proving himself. — LeBron James

A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don't know how to play the game, if you know what I mean. They can put the ball in the hoop, but I see things before they even happen. You know how a guy can make his team so much better? That's one thing I learned from watching Jordan. — LeBron James

They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning. — LeBron James

When I got back from the war in 1946 people didn't want the Mr. Smith kind of movie any more, and I refused to make war pictures. — LeBron James

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

I don't really get involved in it, the whole thing. I understand how important this city is and what I mean to this city and what our team means to the city... but I don't get caught up into it. I just go out and play my game. I try to lead the best way I can, and if I can put my team and this franchise in a position to win the title, I'm grateful for that. — LeBron James

I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. — LeBron James

Life Lessons by LeBron James

1. LeBron James has shown that hard work and dedication can lead to success, no matter what obstacles you may face.
2. He has also demonstrated the importance of staying humble and giving back to the community.
3. Finally, LeBron has shown that it is possible to be a leader both on and off the court, inspiring others to reach their goals.