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Best LeBron James quotes about life, leadership and hard work
Looking for Lebron James quotes to spark your motivation? Or, are you just excited that he’s going to the LA Lakers!
Lebron James is easily one of the most popular players in the NBA due to his skill set, demeanor, and desire to win. Lebron started making headlines very early in his career when his High School games were televised on ESPN, which was never done before. Since then, James has won two NBA championships, multiple MVP’s, and has even played for his home state, twice.
In that respect, enjoy these inspirational Lebron James quotes about maximizing our potential and discovering our greatness!
Inspirational Lebron James Quotes about Personal Greatness
1.) “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.” – LeBron James
2.) “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
3.) “I like criticism. It makes you strong.” – LeBron James
4.) “I hear that word pressure all the time. 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
5.) “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
6.) “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
7.) “I feel my calling here goes above basketball.” – LeBron James
8.) “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. 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 he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.” – LeBron James
9.) “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
10.) “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
More Lebron James Quotes To Bring Out The Best In You
11.) “I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.” – LeBron James
12.) “I’m going to use all my tools, my god-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.” – LeBron James
13.) “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
14.) “I don’t need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don’t excite me. I’m just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.” – LeBron James
15.) “I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.” – LeBron James
16.) “Ask me to play, I’ll play. Ask me to shoot, I’ll shoot. Ask me to pass, I’ll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate, anything. But it’s not just what you ask of me. It’s what I ask of myself.” – LeBron James
17.) “I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.” – LeBron James
18.) “I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.” – LeBron James
19.) “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
20.) “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
Did you enjoy these Lebron James quotes?
LeBron James has always carried himself well. A young man with all of this attention, money, and fame, you’d never read anything about public lapses in his character. This happens all too often for many young superstars nowadays. He is a true role model – both on and off the court.
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How to take control of your life when lack of confidence is holding you back
A few years ago, I hit my 40’s. I spent some time reflecting on my life. Was I where I wanted to be? Had I achieved what I had wanted to? In all honesty, I wasn’t sure.
I realised that lack of confidence had affected many areas of my life. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t acutely unconfident – if you met me, you would probably say I was a confident person. Deep down though, I knew that I had held myself back. I would often doubt myself, over-analyse, over-question, and seek other people’s thoughts or opinions.
My own confidence has been up and down most of my life. Work confidence I found particularly difficult to pin down. A colleague once said to me that he thought I came across as self-assured at work, which surprised me. Inside, I was often wracked with self-doubt and thought others came across as more confident than I did.
My body confidence had been pretty high during my life, but had wobbled during and after pregnancy. I found it hard to adjust to a different body shape (being less taut and aging were both taking their toll).
Socially, I was pretty confident around friends and family. Though I was painfully self-conscious in front of people I didn’t know. Going to work functions where I knew only a few folks was particularly terrifying. After all, would my wit and small-talk endure two hours with a stranger? I didn’t think it would. Thus, I would try various devious ways of getting out of attending the event.
What would you have done with more confidence?
I began to ask myself and some of my friends: ‘what would you have done in your life with more confidence?’ It’s a great question, because it really makes you think.
Would you have done things differently? Would you have chosen a different career? Would you have chosen a different partner to be with? Would you have been less bothered about people’s opinions? Would you have travelled more? Left home earlier? Chosen different friends?
Take my working life for example. Would I have asked for a bigger pay rise and more often? Would I have applied for different and more challenging roles? Would I have relaxed more in presentations? Would I have made more confident decisions rather than letting other people influence me?
I think the answer is undoubtedly ‘yes’ to all of the above. Sadly.
When I asked friends, a few said they would have changed nothing. But most felt there were definitely situations and circumstances they would have tackled with more vigor and less self-doubt.
I kept hearing, ‘I would have put myself out there more’. I was beginning to realise that confidence affects so many areas of our lives – careers, well-being, public speaking, friendships, health, love – most importantly, the relationship we have with ourselves. Confidence can help you better take control of your life.
Take control of your life by making a choice
After 40 years, I realised I had a choice. I could continue my life with self-doubt and hold myself back, or I could live large. A life where I stopped being scared of doing new things; where I pushed myself forward; where I stepped out of my comfort zone more; where I was less concerned about what people thought.
A life where I liked myself as I was.
I also realised that it was my right to love my body; to succeed in the workplace; to share my opinions; to give love to someone who valued and respected me; to be able to talk to a stranger at a party without feeling hugely self-conscious.
It was my right I feel good about myself no matter what the circumstances were.
Take control of your life by challenging yourself, your fear, and your mind
I became fascinated with the subject of confidence that I began to write a book (not yet finished) and started to blog about it. I needed to challenge myself – to push myself forward and step out of my comfort zone. It’s a cliché, but I was in a rut. I knew I had to shake things up a little.
I now try to do things I am a little scared of. I don’t mean climbing Mount Everest, but doing something that maybe I wouldn’t have had the courage to do a few years ago. Yes, it’s uncomfortable to start with. But once you overcome something you were nervous of, you’ll feel amazing. You’ll wonder why the heck you didn’t do it in the first place!
Taking action is key: make sure you don’t let your mind get the better of you. I realised that the fear I had was all in my mind. I was the only one saying to myself, ‘you can’t do that, you’re going to fail at that’.
You may doubt yourself, but don’t let this stop you from moving forward. Ignore the thought, laugh at it – whatever you do, take control of your life from now on. Try to swap out the negative thought for a more positive and nurturing one. You can do it; you’re amazing at what you do.
Take control of your life by starting small
Take small steps to start with. The process of taking action builds our confidence. Once you see yourself succeeding, you begin to realise that you can take control of your life after all. As you take more steps forward, you’ll feel your confidence rising.
Pat yourself on the back when you have achieved something, no matter how small. Take some time to celebrate. All too often we move onto the next thing without taking a moment to say ‘well done’!
Remember: you can either sit, and do nothing, wondering what life could have been – OR you can get busy and see where life takes you.
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir
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