LeBron on entering the NBA without a Hall of Fame teammate, like Magic Johnson had with Kareem:
“I wasn’t privy to that. MJ spent his first couple years without a Hall of Fame teammate. But then, boom, they drafted Pippen, and boom, here comes Phil Jackson.”
LeBron on joining the Heat:
“I wanted more. I wanted to win at the highest level. It’s no different from someone in business going from one place to the next place, because they get a better opportunity to be around better people. In sports, sometimes people get so caught up in ‘He should do this on his own.’ I don’t play tennis and I don’t play golf. The way I grew up is, we’ve got to do this together as a team.”
LeBron James wrote the blueprint for exceeding expectations.
Here’s how our first-ever TIME100 Sports cover star redefined the modern athlete:
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