Matt Lauer Ryan Sheckler An American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur. Sandy Koufax James Burrows An American television director since the s, who is a graduate of Yale School of Drama, worked in theater as stage and play director, has directed over 50 TV pilots, and is best known for co-creating the long-running television series Cheers.
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LeBron James But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. 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 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 I am just happy to be part of the Nike family. LeBron James 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 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! 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.
Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother? This time, with former MVP Kevin Durant added to the mix, the Warriors proved too formidable for James and his teammates, claiming the championship in five games.
For all his accomplishments, James achieved another first early in the NBA season: After yelling at a referee during a late November win over the Heat, he was ejected for the first time in 1, career games. The superstar likely felt like yelling often during the course of a frustrating campaign, as an offseason trade that sent Irving to Boston for Isaiah Thomas failed to bear fruit and forced the Cavs to make another major deal before the All-Star break.
After averaging a career-best 9. The Cavs were again pushed to the limit two rounds later by the scrappy Celtics, but James scored 81 points over the last two games to pull out the series win and make his eighth straight NBA Finals appearance. Game 1 of the rematch against Golden State went down to the wire, thanks to James's point outburst, but Cleveland guard J.
Smith inexplicably dribbled out the clock with the game tied in regulation, before the Warriors pulled away for the win in overtime. That represented the Cavs' best chance to get a leg up on their opponents, as the Warriors won the next three games handily to claim their third title in four years.
Afterward, with questions swirling about his future with the team, James revealed that he had played out the series with a broken right hand after punching a whiteboard in the aftermath of the Game 1 loss. The good vibes had worn off by midseason, as the Lakers sputtered through a game stretch without their injured star.
With the team still struggling in late February , James accused his teammates of losing focus over trade rumors, saying, "If you're still allowing distractions to affect the way you play, this is the wrong franchise to be a part of and you should just come in and be like, 'Listen, I can't do this.
When the Lakers were officially eliminated from playoff contention in March , it snapped James' personal marks of 13 consecutive postseasons and eight straight NBA Finals appearances.
Capping a difficult first season in Los Angeles, the Lakers announced that their star would miss the final six games because of his lingering groin injury. Things got off to a much better start the following season, thanks in large part to the addition of athletic big man Anthony Davis to the roster. Spearheading the Lakers' rise to the top of the standings was James, who became the first player to record a triple-double against all 30 NBA teams in November The following month, James added another accolade to his ever-growing list by earning AP Male Athlete of the Decade honors.
James participated in eight straight NBA championships from the season to the season. During that time, he captured three championship rings: twice with the Heat and and once with the Cavaliers James was selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in and would go on to earn a spot in the annual showcase in each of the next 15 seasons. In January , at age 33, James surpassed Bryant as the youngest player to accumulate 30, career points and became the seventh player in NBA history to achieve that milestone.
The feat put him just more than 8, points shy of Abdul-Jabbar's all-time record of 38, points. In , James surpassed Jordan's career tally of 32, points to move into fourth place on the all-time list. In January , he eclipsed Bryant's total of 33, points to slide into third place, one night before his predecessor's shocking death in a helicopter accident.
James competed on the U. Olympic basketball team during three Summer Olympic Games, in , and He and his teammates won bronze medals after defeating Lithuania. Argentina took home the gold after beating Italy in the finals. Olympic basketball team. This time around the U. The U. On January 1, , James proposed to his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson. The couple married in a private ceremony with about guests in San Diego on September 14, James and Brinson have two sons and one daughter together.
Their third child, daughter Zhuri James, was born on October 22, Outside of the NBA, James has worked to help others. He established the LeBron James Family Foundation in , along his mother Gloria, to help out children and single-parent families in need. Among its many programs, the organization builds playgrounds in economically disadvantaged areas and hosts an annual bike-a-thon.
One of the world's most recognizable athletes, James hasn't been shy about expressing his views on social media.
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