On the latest episode of the Road Trippin’ podcast hosted by teammates Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye, LeBron stopped by to talk about how real men cry and apologizing to his wife for trying to achieve GOAT status.
Here are some of the quotes via USA Today.
James admitted he cried while watching The Lion King and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode when Will’s father shows up to be part of his son’s life but ends up leaving.
“Every single time, I shed a tear,” James said of the Fresh Prince episode. “It could come from obviously me being part of a single-parent household and never seeing my father and things growing up when I was a kid, but it’s just an emotional part.”
James also addressed his obsessive push for all-time greatness. It included an apology to his wife, Savannah.
“I am addicted to the process. I’m addicted to the process,” James said. “It’s so funny. I just told my wife the other day, I apologized to her. She was like ‘What are you apologizing for?’ I said ‘Because the journey that I’m on to want to be the greatest to ever play this game or to the point where no one ever forgets what I accomplished, I’ve at times lost the fact of how important you are to this whole thing. … I want you to understand that along this journey while I’m playing this game there will be times that I lose the fact of how important you and my three kids are – my babies are.’ ”
I believe any time you are extremely good at something, you have to be a little obsessive about it. It is good that LeBron is self-aware enough to know a quick apology to the wife now, may save him an argument down the road.
As far as his GOAT status, maybe the best thing you can say is that he is in the discussion and that means a lot.
If more championships follow his case will be really strong.
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