Lebron: 'Finals losses never stop hurting' [AMBIENT]

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<b>SuggestedLeadIn: </b>LeBron James spoke at the Cleveland Cavaliers media day in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday (28th September).

<b>Script: </b>SOUNDBITE (English) LeBron James:

"I feel just as healthy as my rookie year - I absolutely don't. I could definitely use a couple of more months off. But it is what it is, I'm ready to go. I will be on the floor tomorrow for the start of training camp and start to prepare my body and start to prepare my mind for hopefully a long run at it. I didn't do anything as crazy as I did last summer, but I just kept my body in tune, I kept my body in shape, and I feel pretty good."

SOUNDBITE: (English) LeBron James:

"I've been to the Finals six times and I've lost four of them and it gets worse and worse every single time. My first loss against San Antonio, I was excited about being there. The expectations after beating a Detroit Pistons team that a lot of people didn't give us a chance, so we were excited to be there. My first year in Miami we lost to Dallas, it was pretty rough. The year before I left Miami we lost to San Antonio again and last year I lost to Golden State, so every year that you lose in the Finals it gets worse and worse to get over. I asked myself last year in the post season would I rather not even make the playoffs or lose in the Finals. And that's a very valid question to myself. It's like you get all the way there and you lose and it's like, well I'd like to have those two months back, laying out and having my body get better. It gets worse and worse every time, but like I said, for me I will take all the pain that comes with competing for a Championship at the end of the day. I'll take all the bumps and bruises when I'm done playing because I know I left it all out on the floor."

SOUNDBITE (English) LeBron James:

"Aah... No, I don't, but I do also know that Father Time is undefeated. But I definitely don't think about me not being the best basketball player in the world. It's been that way for a while so I've kind of gotten used to it."

<b>SHOTLIST: </b>1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE (English) LeBron James:

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Posted: 29 September 2015
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Lebron: 'Finals losses never stop hurting' [AMBIENT]