LeBron James clarifies his 'icing on the cake' comments - 247Sports

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James decided to clarify some comments he made recently regarding his goals for the remainder of his NBA career.

Before the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 129-128 on Thursday night, James told media members that anything else he accomplishes over the course of his career is "icing on the cake," as he has already reached all of his goals.

“There’s nothing I need to get in this league that I don’t already have,” James said, via Lakers Nation. “Everything else for me is just like icing on the cake... Even though I love the process of everything that I go through to be able to compete every single night and put teams in position to compete for championships. But there’s nothing that I’m chasing or that I feel I need to end my career on.”

You can see those comments below, via Mass Live:

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Some interpreted those comments to mean that James isn't properly motivated moving forward; a notion he wanted to dispel.

“First of all, I want to win every single day,” James said. “Every single night I prepare to be the best. It’s not like I wake up every single day and it’s like, ‘Oh my God, if I don’t win a championship, if I don’t make it to the All-Star Game, then my career isn’t what I want it to be.’

“For me, every moment, I don’t take for granted every time I get an opportunity to play the game. I play it at the highest of my ability. I’m not in the fashion of, ‘If I can’t do this individually, or if I can’t do this…, then my career is a failure.'”

So in other words, James is satisfied with what he has accomplished up to this point, but that doesn't mean that he isn't motivated to continue to bolster his own legacy.

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