LeBron James reveals his biggest motivation was taking care of his mom “I don't come from shit. Single parent household, only child. My mother was a high school sophomore when she had me. She didn't work. She grinded every day” “My only mindset as I was growing up as a young man at 5, 6, 7 years old was not to put any more extra pressure on a black woman in the ghetto. Like I couldn't do it” “I think back now as a parent myself of three and it's so crazy. When I entered high school my mom was only 30 years old. When I was 14, I'm like my mom's old. My mom was still trying to live her life. She was still young. She had to sacrifice being a parent at a young age” “The climb for me was so much more motivating because I wanted to do everything I could in my power to get out of the situation, the hand that was dealt to me and my mom” “Then it turned from motivation once I got to the top to determination of not letting nobody knock me off that spot”