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.

I love showcasing my talents – not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.

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...

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

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.

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?

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...

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...

I’m confident with my ability.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

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.

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,...

And winning is a huge thing for me.

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

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...

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

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

I’m just a little kid from Akron.

I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be...

Cleveland fans are awesome.

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

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.

I don’t read books much.

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

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

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

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

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

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

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

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

I’m not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can’t afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff...

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

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or...

I like being around people.

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...

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

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...

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.

It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.