From realgm.com:
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LeBron on 1st Practice with the Heat:
"That's just me," James said of his intensity during practice. "Being around new teammates, you don't want to wear out your welcome on Day 1. But I just can't hold it back because my leadership skills won't allow me to do that."
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LeBron on his 1st Pre-season game with the Heat:
"I can't defer," James said. "I'm never in defer mentality."
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LeBron on being more aggressive with the Ball:
"Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won’t let me be selfish.”
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LeBron on what his Role is for the team:
"I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger, but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn't always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team."
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LeBron on being a Leader:
"Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am."
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LeBron on sharing the Ball:
"I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them."
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LeBron on his Ultimate Goal while in Cleveland:
"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."
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LeBron's thoughts about Ring - Chasing:
"It’s also important to me to make the team I’m on now the best," says James about his Cavaliers team. "I don’t want to go "Ring - Chasing" as I call it, you know. Going to a team that’s already pretty established and trying to win a ring with them. I want to stay with the Cavs and build a champion. And I feel like we’re on our way."
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LeBron on his Decision:
"In this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat."
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LeBron's farewell to Cleveland on his website:
“Next year, I will be playing for The Miami Heat. I would like to thank all of my fans for supporting me and I am looking forward to seeing you guys next season as I CHASE the NBA Championship.”
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LeBron on Heat's aspirations:
"Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven. Hey, and when I say that when I say that, I really believe it. I'm not just up here blowing smoke at none of these fans, because that's not what I'm about. I'm about business. And we believe we can win multiple championships."
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LeBron on his Criticism for the Decision:
"Don't think for one min that I haven't been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!"
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LeBron on Race playing a role in Media Coverage of his Decision:
"I think people are looking too far into [my race comment]. But at the same time, sometimes race does play a part in it. I've said what I had to say, and I'll continue to move on."
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LeBron on Boobie Gibson missing Game 6 vs Celtics:
"A LeBron James team is never desperate."
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LeBron about the City of Cleveland:
"We didn't actually like Cleveland," says James. "We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day."
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LeBron on a possible return to the Cavaliers:
"If there was an opportunity for me to return to Clevelnd, and those fans welcome me back, that would be a great story."
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LeBron on Cavs fans burning his jerseys:
"Maybe those ones burning my jerseys were never LeBron fans anyway."
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LeBron on playing for Cleveland fans:
"Cleveland fans are awesome," James told GQ. "But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court."
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LeBron on getting booed for blowout lost to Celtics:
"I spoil a lot of people with my play," James told ESPN.com after a 120-88 loss. "When you have a bad game here or there, when you have 3 bad games in a 7-year career, then it's easy to point that [bad] game out."
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LeBron on staying Humble growing up:
"That's what keeps me humble because I know my background, know what my mother went through. I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. My mom always says and my friends all say, ’LeBron's just a very low-maintenance guy’. 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.”
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LeBron on NBA Logo and Players retiring #23:
"I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," said James. "There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwyane Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first. He can't get the NBA logo [from Jerry West], and if he can't, something has to be done. I feel like no NBA player should wear No. 23. I'm starting a petition, and I've got to get everyone in the NBA to sign it," James continued. "Now if I'm not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear that number."
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LeBron on not shaking hands after Playoffs elimination
"I’m a winner. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand."
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LeBron on not shaking Dwight Howard's hand and missing Media:
"I wouldn't have done it the same. I would have [at least] done the media. Without you guys [the media], there is no LeBron James, D-Wade, Tiger Woods or no Peyton Manning," continued James. "But as far as the dunk tape, or whatever car I'm driving, some things you guys shouldn't comment and some things you should. I look at the no handshake like this — during the regular season, no one ever shakes hands. I congratulated Dwight Howard through email and told him good luck in the Finals. Shaking hands is not a big deal to me. It's not being a sore loser, it’s moving on."
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LeBron on the Nike confiscated Dunk Tape:
"I never told anyone to confiscate any tapes. Nike just has a no videotape policy at pick-up games. But now that LeBron is involved, it's blown up. It's a play that happens in basketball all the time. You can go on YouTube and see me being dunked on by a lot of guys. I like to call myself a shot blocker and getting dunked on tends to happen."
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LeBron on wether he made the US Basketball roster for the 2008 Olympics:
"It looks positive at this point. I haven't talked with Mr. Colangelo, but we should be making this announcement within a week or so."
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LeBron about girlfriend Savannah, his baby's mama:
“A person like myself always needs a great sidekick. And she’s that,” James says. “She’s got my back.”
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LeBron on being a Role Model
Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model," says James. "I have no problem being a role model. I love it."
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LeBron on donating $2.5 of the $6 million revenue to Boys & Girls Club:
"This is an unbelievable venture for myself. This is great, also for the kids. The kids are our future. One day we might have another LeBron. Maybe."
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LeBron on Dan Gilbert:
"I don't think he ever cared about LeBron," James says of Gilbert. "My mother always told me: 'You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You'll get a good sense of their character' Me and my family have seen the character of that man."
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LeBron on if he had a Homosexual teammate:
“We’re like family and you take showers with each other,” James said Wednesday. “We’re on the bus together and we talk about a lot of things and if you’re not trustworthy, like admitting you’re gay, you can’t be trusted. It’s a trust factor.”
